Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

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

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

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

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

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

A medieval gate once used as a prison and how home to a city museum.

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.