Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

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

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

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

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

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

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings.

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.