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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

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

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."