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

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

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

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

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

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

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

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

A tribute to Samuel Wilson, who may be the original "Uncle Sam."

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

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

This is the house that spite built.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.