The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This location holds the truth to what truly happened that faithful night.

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

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

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

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

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

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.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.