The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

A giant ant model welcomes visitors to an exhibit about symbiotic organisms that live with army ant colonies.

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

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

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

A distillery built on (and above!) mobster Dutch Schultz's Prohibition-era underground moonshine business.

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

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

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

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

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

This roadside wonder is as mysterious as it is beloved.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

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