Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

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

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

This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

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

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

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

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.