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

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings.

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

The site of the tragic isolation of Nipmuc Native Americans left to perish in King Philip's War.

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

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

Designed to honor all those that work as nurses around the globe.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

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

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.