Places makethemred Wants to Go

This small, unassuming, nursery plays hosts to some unique plant life.

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

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

A man killed in a hunting accident is eternally guarded by a granite hound tombstone.

This riverfront statue honors the inventor of the first video games ever sold.

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

A circa-1800 meeting house that once served as the social and civic heart of this small Maine town.

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

An old locomotive hides deep in the forest.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.