One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

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

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

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

"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."

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

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

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.