If you’re looking for a place where American ambition collided head-on with geological reality and lost spectacularly, the Hoosac Tunnel in North Adams, Massachusetts, should be at the top of your list.
This 4.75-mile passage through the Berkshire Mountains took 24 years to complete and earned the cheerful nickname “The Bloody Pit” along the way.
The tunnel didn’t just earn its haunted reputation; it worked overtime for it, one tragedy at a time.
When you approach the eastern portal, you’re greeted by a stone archway that looks like it was designed by someone who really understood the assignment when asked to create an ominous entrance…