Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

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

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

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

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

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

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

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

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

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.