Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

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

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

The only known working replica of the world's first self-propelled vehicle.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

Brick walkways weave through more than 500 palms and cycads, representing 150 species from around the world.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.