Gilmanton, New Hampshire
Birthplace of H.H. Holmes
Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.
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Gilmanton, New Hampshire
Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.
Madison, New Hampshire
A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Rye, New Hampshire
Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.
Exeter, New Hampshire
Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.
Kennebunkport, Maine
The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Final resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire.
York, Maine
True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.
York, Maine
The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.
Oyster Bay, New York
Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.
Cold Spring, New York
A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.
Cold Spring, New York
This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Chicago, Illinois
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Wingdale, New York
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Danvers, Massachusetts
This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.
Carhué, Argentina
Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.