Places maccasimmons Wants to Go

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

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A monument to an Irish secret society thought to be responsible for a string of violent attacks in Pennsylvania coal mines.

Metal monsters made from repurposed materials lurk alongside this Pennsylvania road.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

Since the 1930s, this Pennsylvania town has celebrated the humble tomato.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

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

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

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

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

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

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

In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.

A small town museum celebrates the history of the Ohio county that produced Annie Oakley and other famous figures.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.