The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

The haunting history of a little girl lost.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

Where Eunice Williams was murdered by natives, and where locals say her ghost still haunts.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

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

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

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.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

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

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

The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.