Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This unusual building straddles two countries.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.