A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

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.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

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

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

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.