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.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This is the house that spite built.

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

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

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

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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