Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

Locals say Williams's ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The place where travelers of the Mohawk Trail forded the Deerfield River rather than pay the toll at the turnpike bridge.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.

A war memorial that appears to ascend from its forested setting.

Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

Fears of Satanic worshippers swirl around five Celtic-inspired megaliths.

This cemetery holds the remains of an accused witch and the man that ensured her freedom.

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.

All that remains of the former site of the final home of president Franklin Pierce.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.