Salem, Massachusetts
Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie
Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.
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Salem, Massachusetts
Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.
Concord, New Hampshire
The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.
New York, New York
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.
Thomaston, Maine
Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.
Boston, Massachusetts
This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.
Boston, Massachusetts
Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Bar Harbor, Maine
These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
Bucksport, Maine
An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.
Harpswell, Maine
An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.
Bucksport, Maine
A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.
Bangor, Maine
The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.
Verona Island, Maine
The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.
Prospect, Maine
This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.