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

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

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

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

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

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

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

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Where Eunice Williams was murdered by natives, and where locals say her ghost still haunts.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

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

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

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

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.