The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

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

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

"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."

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

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

Final resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New Hampshire.

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

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

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

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

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

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.