The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

The metal truss bridge served as the sole entry point to an "isolation island" for smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1870s and early 1940s.

Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

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

The former location of a platform that allowed passengers to safely wait for the trolley.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

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.

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

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

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

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