Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

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

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

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

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

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

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

Bizarre Cavern.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.