A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

This clock tower is all that remains of Bird Hall, constructed by one of the founding families of this Massachusetts town.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

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

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

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

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

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