In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

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

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

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

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

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

"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."

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This historic hotel was once home to Henry David Thoreau and rumored to be haunted by ghosts of fallen soldiers from the American Revolution.

The biggest apple in all of New England stands 10 feet tall and weighs over 1,000 pounds.

Earliest version of the American flag can be seen atop the hill where it first flew.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

Every December the Wannalancit Mills lights a Christmas Tree over the old mill's smokestack.