An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

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

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

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

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

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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