A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

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

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

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

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

This museum pays homage to a device that precipitated a watershed moment in Finger Lakes food production.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

Launch vegetables using oversized slingshots at this Fingerlakes winery's roadside attraction.

A journey through military artifacts and the history of Cortland.

The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

A historic home with ties to the abolition and suffrage movements.

Called the “General Motors of the piano industry,” these buildings once produced as many as 700 pianos a week.