The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

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

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

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

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

"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."

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

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

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

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

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

This mural celebrates the early integration of a New Hampshire baseball team.

Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.

A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.