This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

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

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

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

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

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

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

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.

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