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The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

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.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

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

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

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

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

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

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

Few people have ever heard of, let alone visited, one of Turkmenistan’s most impressive natural attractions.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

This striking otherworldly landscape outside Angola's capital city is the product of millions of years of erosion.

Like Mars, but much closer.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

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

The hottest place on the planet.