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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

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

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

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.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

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

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

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.