Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

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

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

A tribute to the hard-working men and women of Grumman, who crafted F-14 fighter jets.

The last vessel built by a submarine pioneer stands as a monument to his legacy.

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

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

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

More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

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

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

The former location of a platform that allowed passengers to safely wait for the trolley.

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

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

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

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.