Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

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

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

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.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.