The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.