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

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

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

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

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

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

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

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.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.