A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

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

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

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

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

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.