Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

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

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

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

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

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

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

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

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

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

Enjoy egg rolls and live music in a converted bank vault.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.