This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

A war memorial that appears to ascend from its forested setting.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

Two artist-designed restrooms are part of the collection at the Smith College Museum of Art.

Wander the sprawling living museum on the site of one of a 16th-century community.

A monument to the groundbreaking environmentalist sits near the place where she first experienced the sea.

Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.