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

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

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

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

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

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

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

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

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

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

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

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

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

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

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

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.