Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

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.

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

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

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

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

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

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

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

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

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

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

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

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

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

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

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

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.