The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

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

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

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

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

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

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

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

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

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.

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

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

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.

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

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

Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.