This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

A man in a plane delivers Christmas packages to lighthouses.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

The oldest playground in America.

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

A short walk through the woods will take you to an unusual flat hill top, used by the Shakers for outdoor worship.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.