The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

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

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

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

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

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