One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

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

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

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

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

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

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.

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

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

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.