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

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

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

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

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

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

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

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.