Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

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.

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

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

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

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

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.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

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

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.

A bridge commemorating the actor's legacy and his Terryville roots.