This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

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

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

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

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

Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

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

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.