Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

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

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

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

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

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

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

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

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

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

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

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

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

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