The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings.

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."

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

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Murder scene memorialized in perpetuity by grisly obelisk.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

This young woman's tombstone names her murderer, who is buried in the same cemetery.

A stretch of New Hampshire lake water is the only ice runway in the lower 48 states that is FAA-approved.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.