Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

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

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

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

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

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

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

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

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

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

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.