This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

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

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

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

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

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.

"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."

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

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

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

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

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

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

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.