Franconia

An 80-foot waterfall at the end of the Coppermine Trail, tucked into a remote ravine far from the Franconia Notch crowds. The falls get their name from the delicate, veil-like shape of the water cascading down the rock face. A backcountry shelter sits nearby, and the 5-mile round-trip trail follows Coppermine Brook through quiet forest the entire way.

A narrow 20-foot vertical waterfall on Cascade Brook that drops into a deep swimming pool, hidden a half-mile up the Basin-Cascades Trail. While thousands of visitors stop at The Basin just below, most never walk the extra distance. During the 1800s it was known as Tunnel Falls, named after the 'Philosopher of the Pool.'

New Hampshire's only surviving blast furnace — a 32-foot octagonal granite stack dating to the early 1800s, sitting along the Gale River. The free interpretive center displays a scale model, ore cart, period tools, and panels explaining how iron ore was hauled by oxcart from mines three miles away. Iron production ended around 1865 when Pennsylvania furnaces undercut costs.

Robert Frost's actual farmhouse from 1915-1920, now a museum and poetry center with views of the Franconia Range. The real hidden gem is the quarter-mile Poetry Nature Trail behind the property — a wooded loop with Frost's poems mounted on plaques at spots that inspired them. The trail and porch view are open year-round even when the museum is closed.

A free, self-guided outdoor art exhibition along Main Street and the Gale River featuring rotating sculptures, mosaics, ceramics, and paintings installed each summer. The walk connects to the Hillwinds Bridge and passes the historic Dow Academy building, combining public art with river and mountain views.