These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Preserving the memory of the narrow railroads that once crisscrossed the state of Maine.

The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

The only land territory disputed between the U.S. and Canada.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

This small, unassuming, nursery plays hosts to some unique plant life.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

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