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

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

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.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruous in rural Vermont.

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.