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

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

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

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

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.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.