The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

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

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

"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."

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

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.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

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

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."