Hope, New Jersey
Jenny Jump State Forest
Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.
1870
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Alexandria Bay, New York
Boldt Castle
A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.
Foster, Rhode Island
Jerimoth Hill
As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.
Boston, Massachusetts
Bunker Hill Monument
This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
Hyde Park, New York
The Hyde Park Vanderbilt Mansion
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Concord, Massachusetts
Walden Pond
"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."
Avon, Connecticut
Heublein Tower
This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.
Jackson, New Hampshire
Mount Washington
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.
Stowe, Vermont
Mount Mansfield
The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.
Keene Valley, New York
Mount Marcy
The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.
Adams, Massachusetts
Mount Greylock
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
North Bennington, Vermont
Jennings Hall
The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."
Wilmington, Delaware
Ebright Azimuth
The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.
Riverton, West Virginia
Spruce Knob
Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
Eglon, West Virginia
Hoye-Crest
The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Mount Davis
Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
Kentuck Knob
The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.
Boston, Massachusetts
Great Boston Molasses Flood Plaque
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
Boston, Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Bridge
This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Sphinx Observatory
A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."
Salisbury, Connecticut
South Slope of Mount Frissell
The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.
Tomkins Cove, New York
Doodletown
Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.
Wantage, New Jersey
High Point Monument
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
