Places Charles WV Wants to Go

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

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

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

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!

A 1926 cow tunnel that passes underneath the nation’s longest road.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

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

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

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

A cultural center dedicated to the preservation of the Yiddish language and culture with over a million volumes.

A unique collection of more than 250 rocks and minerals located on a university campus.

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

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

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

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

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.