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

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

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

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

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

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

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

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

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.

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

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