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America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

The gravestones in this historic cemetery are carved with mysterious faces.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

A real haunted house with an extensive history going back to 1893.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

Each solstice, students and astronomy enthusiasts gather at a primitive but functioning sun wheel to witness how humanity first used this calendar.

The owner of one of the oldest homes in Amherst had a unique request before the home could be turned into a museum.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.

A series of murals depict the evolution of plant life from the Precambrian to the modern day.

Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

Travel back in time at a Moroccan-inspired restaurant that was the height of glamor in the 1970s.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.