Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

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

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

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

"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."

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

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

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

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

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

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.