Places PippyChoogis Wants to Go

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

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.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

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

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

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

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

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

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

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

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

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

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.

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