East Haddam, Connecticut
Gillette Castle State Park
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
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East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
Warwick, Rhode Island
Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.
Burrillville, Rhode Island
This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.
Providence, Rhode Island
A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.
Providence, Rhode Island
To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.
Providence, Rhode Island
A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.
Little Compton, Rhode Island
Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Newport, Rhode Island
Oldest synagogue in the United States.
Newport, Rhode Island
The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.
Newport, Rhode Island
Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.
Eastham, Massachusetts
These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.
Boston, Massachusetts
This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Salem, Massachusetts
Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.
Lynn, Massachusetts
At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.
North Andover, Massachusetts
The site of the Andover Witch Hunts, which ended with more witch accusations and arrests than Salem.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.