The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

"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."

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

This general store near Boston was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it relocated to a different town using a team of oxen.

A historic pub with traditional Irish cuisine, fine drinks, and a paranormal past.

Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.

The haunting history of a little girl lost.

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.