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

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.

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

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

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

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

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.

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

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

Located in the historic home of a newspaper publisher, this museum is dedicated to the Freedom of Speech.

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.