A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

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

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

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

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

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

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

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

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

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

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

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