"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!

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

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

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

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

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

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.

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

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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