Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

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

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

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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

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

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

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

Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.

The oldest philatelic museum in the United States.