A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

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

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.