Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

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

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

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

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

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

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

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.

In 1898, a New England storm that claimed more than 400 lives created this brand new stretch of shoreline.

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