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Featherstone family plot, includes a Featherstone flamingo

Berlin, Massachusetts

Grave of Don Featherstone

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

Reliable Market

Somerville, Massachusetts

Reliable Market

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

Herreshoff Castle

Marblehead, Massachusetts

Herreshoff Castle

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

Susanna Jayne Headstone at Old Burial Hill

Marblehead, Massachusetts

Susanna Jayne Headstone

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

The Satanic Temple in Salem.

Salem, Massachusetts

The Satanic Temple

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

High Rock Tower against a blue sky

Lynn, Massachusetts

High Rock Tower

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

On the wall, the creature cooks something in a frying pan.

Salem, Massachusetts

Herb Mackey's Metal Sculpture Yard

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

The House of the Seven Gables

Salem, Massachusetts

House of the Seven Gables

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

Salem Witch Board Museum

Salem, Massachusetts

Salem Witch Board Museum

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

Count Orlok himself, from the 1922 silent film "Nosferatu"

Salem, Massachusetts

Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery

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

We remember.

Salem, Massachusetts

Proctor's Ledge

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Black Veil Shoppe of Drear & Wonder

Salem, Massachusetts

Black Veil Shoppe of Drear & Wonder

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

USS Maine's Ventilation Cowl

Woburn, Massachusetts

USS Maine's Ventilation Cowl

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

Artist's signature

Saugus, Massachusetts

Skull Cliff

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

Grave of Robert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler

Peabody, Massachusetts

Grave of the Boston Strangler

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

Montmartre Cemetery

Paris, France

Montmartre Cemetery

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Modern Diner

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Modern Diner

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

Julia Ward Howe's grave.

Watertown, Massachusetts

Julia Ward Howe's Grave

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

Early spring view of the Jordan River Valley from the hill.

Elmira, Michigan

Deadman's Hill

This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.

A side view of the fireplace and capstone.

Charlevoix, Michigan

Weathervane Restaurant Boulder Fireplace

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

Earl Young Mushroom Houses

Charlevoix, Michigan

Earl Young Mushroom Houses

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

Charlevoix's pie pan

Charlevoix, Michigan

Former World's Largest Cherry Pie Pan

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

Chapel Rock on the shore of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Shingleton, Michigan

Chapel Rock

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

aka Da Yooper Tourist Trap, aptly named

Ishpeming, Michigan

Da Yoopers Tourist Trap

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

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