Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

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

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

The haunting history of a little girl lost.

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

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

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

This is the house that spite built.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

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

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.