Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

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

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

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

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

"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."

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

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

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

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

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

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

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.