Places alessandralee Wants to Go

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

This store also houses a museum dedicated to the history of these small, historic community shops.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.

The gravestones in this historic cemetery are carved with mysterious faces.

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.

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

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

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

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

A collection of mechanical beasts with some interesting names.

Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.