A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

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

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

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.