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

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

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

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.