Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

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

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 American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

"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."

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

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.