Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

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

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

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

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

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

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

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.

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

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

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

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

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

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Along with his smaller donkey pal, he guards the museum’s exhibits and memorabilia.

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

What happens when a chef with indigenous roots takes over a hotel-restaurant?