Wingdale, New York
Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
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Wingdale, New York
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
Lake George, New York
A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.
Addison, Vermont
Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".
Lake Placid, New York
This memorial in the Adirondack wilderness honors the accidental death of a Scottish entrepreneur.
Keene Valley, New York
Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.
Keene Valley, New York
The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.
Franklin, Québec
This abandoned orphanage-turned-asylum witnessed a terrible chapter in Québec's history.
Saint-Anicet, Québec
The roofless ruins of a church surrounded by acres of bucolic farmland.
Laval, Québec
This haunted corpse of a drive-in is now a graffiti-covered ruin.
Havre-Aubert, Québec
A tiny, picturesque island, where cows and wild horses wander around the houses.
Saint-Pierre, France
These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.
O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
This sprawling collection hides many charms.
Cardigan, Prince Edward Island
While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.
Northesk, New Brunswick
New Brunswick's tallest mountain is the highest point in all the Maritimes.
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Québec
The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
Houlton, Maine
This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.
Jonesport, Maine
A memorial to an ill-fated Holy Land mission once described by Mark Twain as “a complete fiasco.”
Columbia Falls, Maine
This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.
Unity, Maine
After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.
Boothbay, Maine
A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
Manchester, Maine
A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.
New Portland, Maine
This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.
Newry, Maine
A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.