Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

A monument to the groundbreaking environmentalist sits near the place where she first experienced the sea.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

"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."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

This bridge is dedicated to an escaped slave and one of the first people killed in the American Revolution

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Dedicated to the humanitarian efforts of the state's former governor.

The headquarters of the prestigious World Food Prize celebrates the heroes in the fight against hunger, has no cafeteria.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

A bronze sculpture in the heart of Portland represents Maine’s most defining industry.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.