It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.