Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

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

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.