As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.