A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

An artificial tree in the University of Connecticut greenhouses holds a collection of orchids, mosses, and other tropical epiphytic plants.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.