"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."

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

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

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

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

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

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

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

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

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

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

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.