America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

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

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.

"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."

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

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

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

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

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.