Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Strawbery Banke
New Hampshire's first neighborhood is now preserved as a historic village with live action role players.
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire
New Hampshire's first neighborhood is now preserved as a historic village with live action role players.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.
Framingham, Massachusetts
In 1777, two men were killed after being struck by lightning at the same time.
Salem, New York
This sprawling art park is filled with sculptures, nature trails, and art workshops.
Braddock, Pennsylvania
These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Boston, Massachusetts
Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.
Catskill, New York
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
Adams, Massachusetts
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Kinderhook, New York
The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.
Howes Cave, New York
Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
Howes Cave, New York
Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.
Bennington, Vermont
The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."
Wilton, New York
This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.
Saratoga Springs, New York
Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.
Saratoga Springs, New York
A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.
Stillwater, New York
A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.
Albany, New York
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Albany, New York
This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
Troy, New York
The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.
Albany, New York
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
Cohoes, New York
A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.