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

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

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

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

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

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

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

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

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

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

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

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

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

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

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

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.