Beacon, New York
Ruins of the Mount Beacon Incline Railway
The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.
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Beacon, New York
The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.
Washington, New Hampshire
A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.
Goffstown, New Hampshire
Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.
Hart's Location, New Hampshire
Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.
Madison, New Hampshire
A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Durham, New Hampshire
This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.
York, Maine
New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.
Haverhill, Massachusetts
It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.
York, Maine
The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.
Kingston, New Hampshire
Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
Pawling, New York
This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.
Albany, New York
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
Beacon, New York
This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.
Burlington, Vermont
Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.
Ripton, Vermont
This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.
South Hero, Vermont
Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.
Hancock, Vermont
An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.
Burlington, Vermont
Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.
Williamstown, Vermont
The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.