This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

"Try not to knock anything over!"

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

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

The world's longest known cave system.

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

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

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

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

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.