Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

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

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.

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

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