Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.

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

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

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

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

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

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

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

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.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

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

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

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.