An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.

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.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

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

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

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

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

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

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

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.