"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

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

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

Where Eunice Williams was murdered by natives, and where locals say her ghost still haunts.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

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

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

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

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

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

More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.