A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

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

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

The world’s largest underground marble quarry is hiding in Vermont.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.