This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

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

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

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

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

The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

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.

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

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

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

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

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

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.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

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

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

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

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

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.