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

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

"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."

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

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

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

The haunting history of a little girl lost.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.