Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

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

Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

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

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

This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.

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

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

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

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

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

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.