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

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

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!

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

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

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

The official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

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

A quirky museum paying tribute to the history of the optical industry.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.