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

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

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

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

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

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

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.

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

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

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

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world's most famous paranormal investigators.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.