The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

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

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

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

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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