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

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

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.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.

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

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