One was an astronomer who spent his life chasing solar eclipses, the other helped make Emily Dickinson famous.

This miniature museum is home to a vast array of insects.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

Dedicated to one of the world's first Black international, athletic superstars.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

A unique collection of more than 250 rocks and minerals located on a university campus.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

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

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.