Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

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

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

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

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.