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

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

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

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!

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

"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."

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 massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

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.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

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