The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

A small, red building located along a state highway where the 18th Vice President made shoes in his youth.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.