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

"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."

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

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

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

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

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

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

This stave church nestled in the Catskills was built in the 1960s by a community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

Originally built in 1869, this castle is currently part of Felician University's campus.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.