The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

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

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

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

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

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

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

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

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

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

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

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.