A unique collection of more than 250 rocks and minerals located on a university campus.

This miniature museum is home to a vast array of insects.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

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

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

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

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

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

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

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

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

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.

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.