Boston, Massachusetts
Forest Hills Cemetery
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
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Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Chicago, Illinois
One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Vashon, Washington
Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.
Bangor, Maine
The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.
Bangor, Maine
This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”
Seattle, Washington
Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.
Corinth, Vermont
The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
Danville, Vermont
Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.
Owls Head, Maine
Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.
Houlton, Maine
This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.
Bucksport, Maine
Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.
Newry, Maine
A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.
Woodstock, Maine
A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.
Verona Island, Maine
The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.
Northwest Piscataquis, Maine
Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.