The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

"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.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

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

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

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

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.