An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

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

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

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.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

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

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

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

The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.