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Expertly restored pinball machines as far as the eye can see.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

Believed by many to be the oldest surviving public monument in the United States.

A stretch of New Hampshire lake water is the only ice runway in the lower 48 states that is FAA-approved.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

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

The gravestones in this historic cemetery are carved with mysterious faces.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

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

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

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

A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.

Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

One of the earliest—and most commonly forgotten—acts of rebellion against English rule.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.