Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

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

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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