Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

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

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

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

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

"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."

The remains of a former colonial fort on a stretch of beach that is occasionally visited by crocodiles.

This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.

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 mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

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

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

Every December the Wannalancit Mills lights a Christmas Tree over the old mill's smokestack.