A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

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

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

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.