Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

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

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

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

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.