The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

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

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

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

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".

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

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Where Nor'easters go to die.