Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

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

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

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

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

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

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.