An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

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

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Though a proud Texan, the 41st President of the United States started life in the suburbs of Boston.

The world's only surviving heavy cruiser has a haunting history.

This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.