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

Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

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

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

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

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

Connecticut sites linked to the only trial to ever use demonic possession as a criminal defense.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

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

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.