Today we went to a local attraction that neither of us knew about and as it turns out it is just a stone’s throw from our bat cave. The attraction is called America’s Stonehenge and it is located in Salem, N.H. Once again, the weather cooperated and we set out for this rock solid adventure.

The experience was a lot of fun because we honestly didn’t — and still don’t — know what to make of it. Our first stop was in the gift shop, where we watched a self-described high quality video presentation on the origins of the site, which is said to have been built around 4000 B.C. Upon hearing this, I sat stone-faced while I got Wikipedia up on my Google machine so I could crosscheck this outrageous claim. Suffice to say, there is a lot of skepticism regarding the origin of America’s Stonehenge, but we took the long walk just the same to see what it was all about.

Set in the woods on a rolling hilltop, this collection of rock formations, once called Mystery Hill, is interesting and does make you wonder what’s going on. Unlike the true mystery of Stonehenge, this attraction is a weird, haphazard collection of man made stone structures and its hard to see how any connection is made to something 6,000 years ago. One interesting aspect to the whole thing is how large alleyways were cut into the forest so that from one location at the top of the hill you can see all of the seasonal sunrises throughout the year.

We did have a lot of fun and were amused at how many hipsters were totally engrossed in the experience, but for us it was a little hard to swallow. The owners do compliment the site with an alpaca habitat, and that’s something you don’t see everyday.

To round out our day, we stayed local and hit one of the many Chinese restaurants in the area. This one, the Grand China, serves a menu that is exactly like the hundreds of others who must all get their food from the same warehouse in Boston. It wasn’t bad, mind you, it was just predictable. As usual, we built our meal around the pu pu platter and, as usual, we took most of it home.

All in all, this was a fun day of exploring and laughing. The true mystery of the day was how we were hungry by the time we got home!