Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

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

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

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

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.

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

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

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

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

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

This mural celebrates the early integration of a New Hampshire baseball team.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

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

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

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