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Boston, Massachusetts
Grave of Christopher Seider
This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.
42.3574, -71.0617
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston's Old Burying Grounds
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
42.3573, -71.0613
Salem, Massachusetts
Proctor's Ledge
A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.
42.5176, -70.9091
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Québec
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
47.6671, -68.9800
Fort Kent, Maine
America's First Mile
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
47.2485, -68.6023
Welshpool, New Brunswick
Campobello Island
A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
44.8771, -66.9552
Campobello, New Brunswick
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.
44.8517, -66.9425
Lubec, Maine
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.
44.8151, -66.9506
Bar Harbor, Maine
Jordan Pond Popovers
These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
44.3506, -68.2408
Bangor, Maine
Hannibal Hamlin Death Couch
Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.
44.8044, -68.7716
Québec City, Québec
Château Frontenac
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
46.8119, -71.2063
Boston, Massachusetts
Brattle Book Shop
One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.
42.3547, -71.0621
Freeport, Maine
Freeport McDonald's
When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.
43.8603, -70.1017
Boston, Massachusetts
Exchange Place Staircase to Nowhere
The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.
42.3585, -71.0562
Salem, Massachusetts
Witch Dungeon Museum
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
42.5226, -70.8972
Bangor, Maine
Mount Hope Cemetery
The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.
44.8244, -68.7198
Bangor, Maine
Bangor Opera House
This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”
44.7993, -68.7725
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Bollards
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.
38.8898, -77.0060
Washington, D.C.
D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
38.8876, -77.0435
Washington, D.C.
Chinatown Barnes Dance
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
38.8997, -77.0221
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Cliff Walk
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
41.4851, -71.2976
San Diego, California
Unconditional Surrender
A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."
32.7129, -117.1753
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Temple of Music
An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
37.7699, -122.4685
Big Sur, California
Nepenthe
Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.
36.2218, -121.7592
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