The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

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.

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

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

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 mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

A distillery built on (and above!) mobster Dutch Schultz's Prohibition-era underground moonshine business.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

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