The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

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

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

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

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.