Ripton, Vermont
Robert Frost Interpretive Trail
This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Ripton, Vermont
This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
Boston, Massachusetts
Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.
Boston, Massachusetts
A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.
New York, New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Lubec, Maine
This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.
Washington, D.C.
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
Bloomington, Indiana
A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Alexandria Bay, New York
A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.
Newport, Rhode Island
This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.
Denver, Colorado
This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.
Red Hook, New York
For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The homestead of American patriot John Adams.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Derry, New Hampshire
Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.
Keeseville, New York
This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Mount Gilead, North Carolina
This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.
New York, New York
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
New York, New York
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
New York, New York
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.