Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.

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

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

This is the house that spite built.

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

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

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

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

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

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

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

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.