A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

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

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

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

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

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

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

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

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.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

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

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

After being lost for nearly a century, this historic bell finally returned home after its mysterious theft.

An ADA-accessible trail and deck offering stunning views of Colorado’s Mount of the Holy Cross.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.