The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

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