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

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

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

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

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.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.