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This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

This small, unassuming, nursery plays hosts to some unique plant life.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.