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The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Narrowest house in Boston.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Earliest version of the American flag can be seen atop the hill where it first flew.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

This is the house that spite built.