Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

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.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

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

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

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

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

"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."

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

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

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.