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

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

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

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.

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

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

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

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

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

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

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.