Gloucester, Massachusetts
Hammond Castle Museum
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
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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.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Salem, Massachusetts
One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Shelburne, Vermont
A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Woburn, Massachusetts
This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
Newport, Rhode Island
An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.
London, England
Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
Durham, New Hampshire
A quiet spot commemorating two naturalists who had to choose between love and the university at which they both taught.
Moultonborough, New Hampshire
This store also houses a museum dedicated to the history of these small, historic community shops.
Hooksett, New Hampshire
After the state would not recreate this beloved rock formation, three New Hampshire brothers took things into their own hands.
Concord, New Hampshire
The dress young Pierce wore prior to his breeching ceremony in the early 1800s is now on display for all to see.
Edgartown, Massachusetts
The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.