A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

The home of an antique carousel still in operation.

The gravestones in this historic cemetery are carved with mysterious faces.

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

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.

A quiet spot commemorating two naturalists who had to choose between love and the university at which they both taught.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.

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

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

The farm where one of America's most famous folk artists created her paintings.

This sprawling art park is filled with sculptures, nature trails, and art workshops.

Pick up a kebab and a credenza at this unique combination furniture store and café.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

In use from 1742 to 1910, only flat headstones were allowed in this cemetery.

The place where travelers of the Mohawk Trail forded the Deerfield River rather than pay the toll at the turnpike bridge.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.