After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

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

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.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

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

This school was designed to support the rebuilding of African American schools around Delaware.

Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.

The longest covered bridge in Delaware.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

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.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

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

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.

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

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

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

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

This statue commemorates the importance of hat manufacturing to Danbury, once known as the "Hat City of the World."

A statue commemorating a 16-year old girl's nighttime ride to raise a militia against attacking British troops.