A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

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

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

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.