Chester, Massachusetts
Keystone Arch Bridges
The first keystone arch railroad bridges constructed in America.
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Chester, Massachusetts
The first keystone arch railroad bridges constructed in America.
Rangeley, Maine
Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.
Hancock, Maine
Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.
Calais, Maine
A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.
Boston, Massachusetts
Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.
Boston, Massachusetts
Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Boston, Massachusetts
The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.
Boston, Massachusetts
The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
Worcester, Massachusetts
This statue is a commemoration of the only place where Freud spoke in the United States.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.
Boston, Massachusetts
Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.
Boston, Massachusetts
A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.
Prospect, Maine
This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.
Verona Island, Maine
The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.
Scarborough, Maine
This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.
Freeport, Maine
When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
Harpswell, Maine
An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.
South Burlington, Vermont
A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.
Shelburne, Vermont
Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.