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

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

The oldest playground in America.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.