The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

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

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

Where Eunice Williams was murdered by natives, and where locals say her ghost still haunts.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

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

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

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.