Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

The final resting place of the first American-born professional magician.

A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

The mansion and cenotaph of the New Hampshire Faust.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

Murder scene memorialized in perpetuity by grisly obelisk.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.

Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

Final resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire.

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

The place where the great marine explorer first learned to work underwater is not where you'd expect.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

An unexpected canine grave atop a mountain.

The world’s largest underground marble quarry is hiding in Vermont.

An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.