This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

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

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

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

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

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

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

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

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

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.

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