"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."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This mural celebrates the early integration of a New Hampshire baseball team.

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.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

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.

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

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

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

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

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

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

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.