Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

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

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

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