Abandoned Massachusetts: Lost Treasures of the Bay State

Massachusetts’s shifting fortunes illuminate how once-thriving structures endure as haunting reminders of change.

From the Mayflower Pilgrims and the founding of Plymouth Colony to the high-tech firms and medical institutions surrounding Boston today, the last 400 years in Massachusetts have seen growth, prosperity, war, innovation, and decline.
Textiles, shoemaking, fishing, and transportation engineering brought riches to cities and small towns. Echoing the pulse of America, the only consta...