The origin of these small islands' sweet names is a local mystery.

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

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary. And maybe buried treasure!

A series of murals depict the evolution of plant life from the Precambrian to the modern day.

Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.