This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

One was an astronomer who spent his life chasing solar eclipses, the other helped make Emily Dickinson famous.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

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

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

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

A small Canadian town founded as a refuge for Loyalists following American Independence.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

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

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

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

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

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

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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.

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

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