The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

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

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

This is the house that spite built.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

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

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

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

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

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

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.