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

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

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

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.

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

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

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

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

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

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

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

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

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

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

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

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

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

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

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