Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.