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.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.