A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

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.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.