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

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

This riverfront statue honors the inventor of the first video games ever sold.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

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

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.