Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

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

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.

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

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

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

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

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

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

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

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

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