Worcester, Massachusetts
Burnside Fountain - Turtle Boy
The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.
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Worcester, Massachusetts
The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Derry, New Hampshire
Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.
Franconia, New Hampshire
A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.
Laconia, New Hampshire
The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Williamstown, Massachusetts
This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Salem, Massachusetts
One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.
Concord, Massachusetts
"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."
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Boston, Massachusetts
Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.
Salem, Massachusetts
Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.