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Sunken Forests of Rye

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

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Smuttynose Island

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

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Pulpit Rock Tower

The only one left of the 14 World War II watchtowers that dotted the New Hampshire seacoast.

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Graves of the Smuttynose Murder Victims

Final resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire.

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New Castle, New Hampshire

Wentworth by the Sea

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Museum of Dumb Guy Stuff

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Isle of Shoals Humpbacks

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

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