Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

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

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

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

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

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

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

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.