Gloucester, Massachusetts
Hammond Castle Museum
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
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Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Marblehead, Massachusetts
This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.
Cohoes, New York
A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.
Troy, New York
This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.
Troy, New York
This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.
Troy, New York
A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.
Northeast Harbor, Maine
East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.
Syracuse, New York
This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.
Marlborough, Massachusetts
This general store near Boston was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it relocated to a different town using a team of oxen.
Cherry Valley, New York
Take a trip back to the 1950s and the heyday of the road trip along Historic Route 20.
Boston, Massachusetts
Dedicated to nine marines from Massachusetts who perished during the Beirut bombings.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Cohasset, Massachusetts
New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.
Newport, Rhode Island
Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.
Newport, Rhode Island
A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.
Newport, Rhode Island
A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.
Newport, Rhode Island
You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.
Dedham, Massachusetts
This building is more than 250 years old and was built in one of the first towns settled in Massachusetts.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.
Salem, Massachusetts
A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
Newton, Massachusetts
A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Salem, Massachusetts
Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.