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

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

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

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

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

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

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

This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

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

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

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

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

The location of the pie company that gave a classic toy its name is now a parking lot.

Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.