An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

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

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

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

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

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

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

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

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

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

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

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

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

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.