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

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

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

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

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

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

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

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

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

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

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

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.