New Hope, Pennsylvania
Boomer
This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.
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New Hope, Pennsylvania
This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.
Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
The site of the daring river crossing that changed the course of the American Revolution.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Québec City, Québec
A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.
Québec City, Québec
A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.
Québec City, Québec
This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.
Kennebunk, Maine
The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.
Trenton, Maine
This high-octane event honors Maine’s legacy as the birthplace of logging in the U.S.
Trenton, Maine
Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.
Bar Harbor, Maine
These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.
Orleans, Massachusetts
Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.
Eastham, Massachusetts
Cape Cod’s historic beacon made famous on a potato chip bag.
Kinderhook, New York
At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Salisbury, Connecticut
The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.
Hyde Park, New York
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Independence Township, New Jersey
This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Pine Bush, New York
The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.
Beacon, New York
The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.
Cold Spring, New York
A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.
Tuxedo Park, New York
The remains of the furnace and iron works that produced the massive Hudson River Chain still stand in the woods of New York.