What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

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

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

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

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

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.