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

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

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

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

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

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

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

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

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."