Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

The remains of an attempt to carve a thriving metropolis from the forest, and once home to the first revolving door in North America.

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.

A complicated, forgotten beacon of hope for thousands of immigrants, "Canada's Emerald Isle" lies in ruin.

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

Commemoration of a sea voyage gone mysteriously wrong.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

Explore the ruins of war and maritime history along this gorgeously ferocious North Atlantic seascape.

No one knows the origins of the mysterious stone ruins discovered on a hillside in Halifax.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.