This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

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

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

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

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

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

This is the house that spite built.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

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.

The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

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

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