The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world's most famous paranormal investigators.

An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.

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

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

Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

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

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

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

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

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

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

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

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