This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

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

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

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

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

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.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

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

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

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

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.