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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.

The final resting place of the man who played the Invisible Man.

The early 20th-century home features cutting-edge technology of the day, such as ammonia refrigeration and needle showers.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

A local prank turned town icon.

Designed to not only to represent the history of the local community but also, the future.

This historic hotel was once home to Henry David Thoreau and rumored to be haunted by ghosts of fallen soldiers from the American Revolution.

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.