The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

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

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

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

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

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

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A building so large that it has its own weather.