This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

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

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

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

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.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

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

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

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

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