Newport, Rhode Island
The White Horse Tavern
The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.
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Newport, Rhode Island
The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.
Bucksport, Maine
A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.
Prospect, Maine
This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.
Bucksport, Maine
An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.
Southwest Harbor, Maine
A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.
Austin, Texas
Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.
Bar Harbor, Maine
These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
Bucksport, Maine
Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.
Verona Island, Maine
The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.
Union, Connecticut
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
Yarmouth, Maine
The world's largest rotating world.
Richfield Springs, New York
This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.
Cherry Valley, New York
Take a trip back to the 1950s and the heyday of the road trip along Historic Route 20.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Cleveland, Ohio
This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Mount Desert, Maine
A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.
Westford, Massachusetts
Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.