A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

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

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

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

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

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

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

Bizarre Cavern.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.