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

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

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

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

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

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

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

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

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

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

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

An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.

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

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

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

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

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.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

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

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

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