The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

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

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

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

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

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

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

Sand dunes from a glacial lake are preserved in this woodland park.

More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.