The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

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

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

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

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

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

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

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

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

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

"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."

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.