A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

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

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

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

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

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

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

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

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

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.