Portland, Maine
The Portland Observatory
The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.
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Portland, Maine
The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.
Portland, Maine
An eight-foot-long pine cone made out of 140 recycled steel shovels is an homage to Maine's state flower.
Brunswick, Maine
This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.
York, Maine
The head of a legendary lumberjack watches over a river in Maine.
Northampton, Massachusetts
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.
Southington, Connecticut
The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.
Cheshire, Connecticut
A 26-foot-tall fiberglass American legend stands proudly here.
Meriden, Connecticut
Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.
Meriden, Connecticut
A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.
North Adams, Massachusetts
The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.
Florida, Massachusetts
A war memorial that appears to ascend from its forested setting.
Oxford, Massachusetts
This historic home and museum celebrates the life story of the female founder of the American Red Cross.
Cavendish, Vermont
The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.
Shrewsbury, Vermont
Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?
Fair Haven, Vermont
Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.
Whitehall, New York
An impressive Sasquatch statue marks the spot of a fated Bigfoot encounter that changed a community.
Lake George, New York
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
Lake George, New York
Of all the unique artifacts inside this library, a mummified hand stands out among the others.
Lake George, New York
A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.
Sheffield, Massachusetts
The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.
Lee, Massachusetts
Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.