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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

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

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

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

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.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.