Danvers, Massachusetts
Endicott Pear Tree
The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.
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Danvers, Massachusetts
The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.
Quincy, Massachusetts
This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The homestead of American patriot John Adams.
Bangor, Maine
This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”
Bucksport, Maine
An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.
Bucksport, Maine
Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.
Brownville, Maine
The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.
Salem, Massachusetts
"Try not to knock anything over!"
Salem, Massachusetts
The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Meriden, Connecticut
A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.
Hartford, Connecticut
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.
Hartford, Connecticut
An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
New Haven, Connecticut
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
Union, Connecticut
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
Boscawen, New Hampshire
Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings.
Bangor, Maine
Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.
Hancock, Maine
The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.
Harmony, Maine
Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.
Salem, Massachusetts
Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.
Salem, Massachusetts
A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.