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

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

This building is more than 250 years old and was built in one of the first towns settled in Massachusetts.

The final resting place of a free Black soldier who played a pivotal role in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

Final resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

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

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.