The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

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

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

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

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

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

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

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

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

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

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

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

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