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

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

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite 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.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

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

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

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.