Orient, New York
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Ridgefield, Connecticut
Watermelons on a Greek Statue
What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.
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Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford's Miniature Ghost Town
Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.
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Waterbury, Connecticut
Timexpo Museum
This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.
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Middletown, Connecticut
Wild Bill's Nostalgia Store
A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
Monroe, Connecticut
The Warrens’ Occult Museum
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.
Middletown, Connecticut
Joe Webb Peoples Museum
A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.
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Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bloodroot Feminist Vegetarian Restaurant
This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.
Bristol, Connecticut
American Clock and Watch Museum
Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.
Stonington, Connecticut
Severed Arm of Saint Edmund
How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?
Bristol, Connecticut
New England Carousel Museum
A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.
Windsor, Connecticut
Vintage Radio and Communications Museum
More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.
Hebron, Connecticut
Gay City State Park
The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.
Groton, Connecticut
Gungywamp
The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.
Hartford, Connecticut
Museum of Natural and Other Curiosities
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Union, Connecticut
Traveler Restaurant
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
New Haven, Connecticut
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Stratford, Connecticut
Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal
The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.
New Haven, Connecticut
The Cushing Center
An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.
Madrid, Spain
Reverte Coma Forensic Museum
The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.
Madrid, Spain
The Tower of the Bones
Part of the medieval watchtower is displayed in an otherwise ordinary parking garage.
Madrid, Spain
Caños del Peral Archaeological Museum
This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.
Alicante, Spain
Hogueras de Alicante (Bonfires of Alicante)
A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.
