This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.