This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

Constructed in 1676, this stone memorial is believed to be the oldest veteran's memorial in the United States.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

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.

The remains of a deserted 1800s farming community can be found in Little River State Park.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.