Andover, New Hampshire
Gravesite of Richard Potter
The final resting place of the first American-born professional magician.
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Andover, New Hampshire
The final resting place of the first American-born professional magician.
Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
A man killed in a hunting accident is eternally guarded by a granite hound tombstone.
Lyndeborough, New Hampshire
Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.
New Boston, New Hampshire
This young woman's tombstone names her murderer, who is buried in the same cemetery.
Wilton, New Hampshire
A small obelisk marks the spot where Captain Sam Greele was killed by a falling tree.
New Boston, New Hampshire
A popular 19th-century natural landmark is now hidden within a sprawling forest.
Weare, New Hampshire
One of the earliest—and most commonly forgotten—acts of rebellion against English rule.
Hinsdale, New Hampshire
This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.
Henniker, New Hampshire
Sites connected to a woman born on a ship and spared by a pirate.
Newbury, New Hampshire
A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.
Peterborough, New Hampshire
This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.
Greenfield, New Hampshire
This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.
Brattleboro, Vermont
A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.
Jaffrey, New Hampshire
Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Grafton, Vermont
Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.
Washington, New Hampshire
A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.
Keene, New Hampshire
A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.
Bellows Falls, Vermont
These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.