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

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

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

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

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

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

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

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

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

WWII-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers. .

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.