How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

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

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

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

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

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

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

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

This large boulder was used as a lookout point by Revolutionary War militiamen.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.