One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

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 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."

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

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

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

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

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

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

This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

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

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

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

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.