On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

A dedication plaque on this Boston tunnel is a microcosm of a massive, controversy-laden construction project.

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

The oldest continuously inhabited private home in the United States.

These constructed wetlands naturally filter millions of gallons of treated wastewater every day.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

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

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

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

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

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

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

"Try not to knock anything over!"

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

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

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

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

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

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