This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.

A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

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

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

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

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.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

Sand dunes from a glacial lake are preserved in this woodland park.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.