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

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

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

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.