Grafton, Vermont
The Nature Museum Feejee Mermaid
Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.
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Grafton, Vermont
Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.
New Castle, New Hampshire
The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.
Boston, Massachusetts
Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.
Anchorage, Alaska
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Pittsford, New York
Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.
Beverly, Massachusetts
A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.
Leicester, Massachusetts
The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.
Manchester, Maine
A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.
Hull, Massachusetts
Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.
Vantage, Washington
An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.
Regent, North Dakota
One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
Peabody, Massachusetts
Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.
Glover, Vermont
This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.
Easton, Massachusetts
The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.
Longwood, Florida
The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."
Key West, Florida
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
Nehalem, Oregon
Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."
Quincy, Massachusetts
The homestead of American patriot John Adams.
Madison, New Hampshire
A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.