World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

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

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

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

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

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

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

"Try not to knock anything over!"

A Bed-Stuy gymnasium that hosts expansive raves, performances, dance parties, and more.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

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