Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.