West Hartford, Connecticut
'Conny The Whale'
Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.
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West Hartford, Connecticut
Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.
Farmington, Connecticut
These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.
Plainville, Connecticut
A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.
Ticonderoga, New York
A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.
Addison, Vermont
Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Lincoln, Massachusetts
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
East Haddam, Connecticut
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.
East Haddam, Connecticut
The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.
East Haddam, Connecticut
One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.
Newington, Connecticut
An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Kinderhook, New York
At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.
Salisbury, Connecticut
The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.
Lee, Massachusetts
Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.
Clinton, Massachusetts
This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Providence, Rhode Island
Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.
East Lyme, Connecticut
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
Worcester, Massachusetts
A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.
Providence, Rhode Island
An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.