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

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

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

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

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

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

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

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

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.