Places hopemch Wants to Go

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

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

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

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

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

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.

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.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.

The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

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

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

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.