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

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The owner of one of the oldest homes in Amherst had a unique request before the home could be turned into a museum.

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Small shop offering mail-order rare and exotic plants.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

On the second floor of a small town library is an homage to angling and memorial to a great local fisherman.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.