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Boston, Massachusetts
Site of the Boston Massacre
The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Old Burial Ground
This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.
Brookfield, Massachusetts
Spooner Well
Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.
Peabody, Massachusetts
Grave of the Boston Strangler
Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Graves of Henry and William James
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.
Deerfield, Massachusetts
Deerfield Massacre Mass Grave
Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.
Watertown, Massachusetts
Armenian Museum of America
Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Susanna Jayne Headstone
Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.
Boston, Massachusetts
Cocoanut Grove Fire Plaque
A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Hoosac Tunnel
The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.
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Watertown, Massachusetts
Art of Jack Kevorkian
The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."
Leicester, Massachusetts
Spider Gates Cemetery
The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Salem Village Witchcraft Victims Memorial
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Westford, Massachusetts
Westford Knight
Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.
Saugus, Massachusetts
Skull Cliff
The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.
Medford, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Short (Black Dahlia) Memorial
Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.
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