This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.

The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.

The last blast furnace to close in New England offers a rare window into the region’s once-thriving iron industry.

A small memorial dedicated to a man purportedly killed when a meteor the size of an SUV crashed into him.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

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

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

The place where travelers of the Mohawk Trail forded the Deerfield River rather than pay the toll at the turnpike bridge.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

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.

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

A war memorial that appears to ascend from its forested setting.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

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

Solitary stone structures and a tale of tragedy are all that remains of a historic settlement built by French Protestant refugees.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.