San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
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San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Altadena, California
"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Rockport, Massachusetts
An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
Plainville, Connecticut
A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.
Boston, Massachusetts
This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.
Boston, Massachusetts
On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.
Leicester, Massachusetts
The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.
Berkley, Massachusetts
A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.
Newport, Rhode Island
A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.