In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

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

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

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

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

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

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

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

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.