Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

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

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

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

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

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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

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

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.