Places hmbaillie Wants to Go

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

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

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

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

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

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

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

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

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.