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Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

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

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.