The American author whose "rags-to-riches" stories were popular during the Gilded Age.

A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

This location holds the truth to what truly happened that faithful night.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

This historic Massachusetts tavern played a critical role in the start of the American Revolution.

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

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

"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."

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

This sculpture memorializes the town's connection to the famous horror author Edgar Allan Poe.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

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

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.