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

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

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

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

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

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

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.

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

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

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.