This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

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

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

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

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

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

This landmark jazz venue is the oldest continuously running African-American club in the United States.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.