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

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

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

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.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

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

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

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

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

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

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.