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

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

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

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

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

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

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

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

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

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

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.