Places NG3894 Wants to Go

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.

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

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

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

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

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

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

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

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

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

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

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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

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

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

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.