Live Free and Weird

Why is columnist J.W. Ocker talking about the Massachusetts home where a Salem witch trial judge once lived? Read on to find out the strange connection to New Hampshire.

Some of the hikes in New Hampshire can take you to some really weird, fascinating stuff. Like ghost towns. And airplane crash sites. Art installations. Carnivorous plants. This one brings you to a plaque in the woods installed by movie star Bette Davis.

Did you know that four very famous comic book characters were first doodled at a house in Dover? Here's a hint: They love pizza, fight crime and share names with certain Italian masters of art.

Frankenstein Cliff, outside the town of Bartlett in Crawford Notch, soars 1,400 feet above sea level, and while that makes it a monster of a cliff, its namesake isn’t the lumbering spawn of a mad scientist, is it? Well, walk this way.

Each week, J.W. Ocker will reveal an odd, unknown or quirky fact about our beloved state. First up is the grave of the first American-born magician.