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

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

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

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

Connecticut sites linked to the only trial to ever use demonic possession as a criminal defense.

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.

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

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

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

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

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

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

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

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

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

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

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

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

In 1898, a New England storm that claimed more than 400 lives created this brand new stretch of shoreline.