On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

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

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

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

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

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

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.