Rochester, New York
Rochester Lilac Festival
One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.
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Rochester, New York
One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.
Rochester, New York
The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.
Staten Island, New York
One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.
Syracuse, New York
This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.
Sterling, Virginia
These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.
Charlottesville, Virginia
The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.
Quicksburg, Virginia
An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Barboursville, Virginia
The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.
Staunton, Virginia
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Boston, Massachusetts
Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.
Boston, Massachusetts
On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Kittery, Maine
Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.
Nashua, New Hampshire
Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Yarmouth, Maine
The world's largest rotating world.