The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

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

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

The remains of a deserted 1800s farming community can be found in Little River State Park.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

Journey through various trails to discover a land before time along the Chazy Fossil Reef.

This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

"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 elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.