A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

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

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

A mere dot on the map in the great north woods is the first place in America to vote in Presidential elections.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

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

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.