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

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

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

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

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