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Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

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

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

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

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

An agricultural research library housed in a former Odd Fellows Lodge.

The birthplace of this Gilded Age celebrity, opera singer, suffragette, and shipwreck survivor has been turned into a museum celebrating her fascinating life.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.