New Hampshire

Places in this region

Image of Hampton's Tuck Museum and New Hampshire's only convicted witch located in Tuck Museum Library, New Hampshire, US
Tuck Museum Library, New Hampshire, US

Hampton's Tuck Museum and New Hampshire's only convicted witch

The sad, exploited, life of Eunice Cole and a set of ashes on a shelf.

Eunice "Goody" Cole is the only woman in New Hampshire to be convicted of witchcraft. It was a precursor to the hysteria that would engulf nearby Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Cole was... »

| Edited by CraigRobertBrown and Dylan

Image of Lake Winnipesaukee Mystery Stone located in First Congregational Church, New Hampshire, US
First Congregational Church, New Hampshire, US

Lake Winnipesaukee Mystery Stone

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation

In the late 1872, a group of workers digging a fence post for Seneca Ladd near Lake Winnipesaukee discovered a strange egg-shaped artifact. Clearly not a work of nature, the stone was drilled... »

Natural Wonders, Natural History | Edited by atimian and Dylan

Image of Hannah Dustin Memorial Statue located in Boscawen, New Hampshire, US | Monument to Hannah Dustin at the site of her bloody escape
Boscawen, New Hampshire, US

Hannah Dustin Memorial Statue

Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings

On March 16, 1697 a group of Abenaki Indians raided and attacked the Haverhill, Massachusetts home of Thomas and Hannah Dustin. Thomas and eight children escaped, but Hannah, neighbor Mary Neff,... »

Unusual Monuments | Edited by John Pittman, Annetta and others

Image of Josie Langmaid Monument located in Pembroke, New Hampshire, US | The Josie Langmaid obelisk.
Pembroke, New Hampshire, US

Josie Langmaid Monument

Murder scene memorialized in perpetuity by grisly obelisk

On October 4, 1875, in the town of Pembroke, NH, 17-year-old Josie Langmaid went missing. After she didn’t show up for school, search parties were organized, and within 24 hours she was found - in... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Nicholas Jackson

Image of Madison Boulder located in Madison, New Hampshire, US | Madison Boulder Natural Area in Madison, New Hampshire, USA
Madison, New Hampshire, US

Madison Boulder

A Very Big Rock in New Hampshire

Madison Boulder is thought to be the largest glacial erratic - an erratic being a boulder of a certain type of rock that was transported by glacial ice and deposited on bedrock of different type... »

Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by Dylan and AllisonEng

Image of Woodman Institute Museum located in New Hampshire, US | The "doll room" at the Woodman Institue
New Hampshire, US

Woodman Institute Museum

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915

The thing about natural history museums is that they are usually concerned about remaining 'up-to-date' both scientifically and curatorially. This can make finding science museums that have the... »

Museums and Collections, Wonder Cabinets, Natural History, Unique Collections | Edited by Annetta

Image of America's Stonehenge (Mystery Hill) located in New Hampshire, US
New Hampshire, US

America's Stonehenge (Mystery Hill)

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

America's Stonehenge or "Mystery Hill" comes with more questions then answers. Variously claimed to be a 4000 year old megalithic astronomical complex ancient built by megalithic Native... »

Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, Incredible Ruins | Edited by A Facebook user

Image of Sunken Forests of Rye, NH located in Rye, New Hampshire, US | Jenness Beach sunken forest.
Rye, New Hampshire, US

Sunken Forests of Rye, NH

Stumps of an ice age forest - visible only at low tide.

In two places along New Hampshire's coast, if the tide is right, you can see the remains of a forest drowned when the glaciers retreated. One of the stump fields - just to the north of Jenness... »

Extraordinary Flora | Edited by John Pittman