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.

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

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

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

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.

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

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

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

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

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

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

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

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.

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

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

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