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Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

A natural rock silhouette on Cape Elizabeth's scenic Shore Road, reminiscent of New Hampshire's "Old Man of the Mountain."

A bronze sculpture in the heart of Portland represents Maine’s most defining industry.

An eight-foot-long pine cone made out of 140 recycled steel shovels is an homage to Maine's state flower.

The head of a legendary lumberjack watches over a river in Maine.

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

A real-life hidden Easter Egg in New Hampshire's capital city

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.

These commemorative stones honor a young woman born in captivity.

A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

Once an exclusive hunting club for U.S. presidents, now a wildlife conservation area.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

A collection of bite-sized buildings creates a magical mini village in the Pennsylvania mountains.

A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.