This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

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

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

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.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

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

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

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

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.