Brookline, Massachusetts
Last Known Whereabouts of Barbara Newhall Follett
The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.
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Brookline, Massachusetts
The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.
Worcester, Massachusetts
On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.
Amherst, Massachusetts
The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.
Lenox, Massachusetts
The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.
Haverhill, Massachusetts
A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.
Lowell, Massachusetts
According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This is the house that spite built.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.
Salem, Massachusetts
The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.
Springfield, Massachusetts
A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Salem, Massachusetts
A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.
Camden, Tennessee
An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.
Bluff City, Tennessee
A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Memphis, Tennessee
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.