"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 railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

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.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

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

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

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

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

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

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

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

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.