A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

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

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

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

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

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

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

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

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

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

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

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

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

This forgotten graveyard in rural New York State once served a pioneering hospital.

Tucked away on the second floor of a small town library is one of the great private Victorian taxidermy collections looking today very much like it did in 1909.

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

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.