A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

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

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.