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

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

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

"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."

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

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

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

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

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

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.