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

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

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

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This cabin survived a landslide that killed its owners.

This site was once the largest ski jump tower in the world.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

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

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

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.