Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

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

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

The remains of a former colonial fort on a stretch of beach that is occasionally visited by crocodiles.

This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

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

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

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

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

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