The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

The dress young Pierce wore prior to his breeching ceremony in the early 1800s is now on display for all to see.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A medieval gate once used as a prison and how home to a city museum.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.