The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

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

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.

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

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 kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

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

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.