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

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

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

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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

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