Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.