A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.