Opened in 1846, the quarry boomed during the Industrial Revolution, when a 17,000-strong workforce extracted half a million tons of the gray rock per year to export across the globe. Today, only above ...

From glow-in-the-dark extravaganzas to Japanese-garden-inspired courses, complexes around the country have really stepped up their mini-golf game.

Earlier this summer, I was halfway through the drive from Midcoast Maine back to Boston when something entrancing lured my car off of the expressway — a big multicolored sign announcing the presence ...