The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

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

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

This Connecticut video store has a vast and varied archive that contains everything from 'Koyaanisqatsi' to 'The King's Speech.'

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

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

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.