A home built and settled by a refugee of the Salem Witch Trials.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

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

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

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

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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

"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."

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

The notorious pirate William Kidd might have buried his treasure around this local pond.

A historic pub with traditional Irish cuisine, fine drinks, and a paranormal past.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

A local prank turned town icon.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.