The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.