This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.

In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

The official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

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

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

This recipe is set in stone.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

All that remains of a magnate's dream home is a historic gate and an abandoned public pool.