It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.