Places Awaters83 Wants to Go

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

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

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.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

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

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.