"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."

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

The final resting place of the first American-born professional magician.

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

A small obelisk marks the spot where Captain Sam Greele was killed by a falling tree.

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

A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

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

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

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