North Haven, Connecticut
The Cedar Hill Rail Yard
A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.
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Middlefield, Connecticut
Powder Hill Dinosaur Park
This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.
Farmington, Connecticut
Hospital Rock
These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.
New Haven, Connecticut
Judges Cave
The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.
Orange, Connecticut
PEZ Visitor Center
The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Dog Chapel
A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Retreat Tower
Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.
Wantage, New Jersey
High Point Monument
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
Meriden, Connecticut
Traffic Control Tower
A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.
Avon, Connecticut
Heublein Tower
This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Nathan Hale Schoolhouse
One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Johnsonville Village
This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Dinosaur State Park
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
Woodbury, Connecticut
Hogpen Hill Farms
A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.
Farmington, Connecticut
Shade Swamp Sanctuary
An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Glacial Lake Hitchcock Sediment Dam
Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.
Essex, Connecticut
Essex Steam Train
This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.
Roxbury, Connecticut
Mine Hill Preserve
The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.
Meriden, Connecticut
Castle Craig
A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.
Waterbury, Connecticut
Abandoned Fairy Village
A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.
Hebron, Connecticut
Gay City State Park
The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.
Waterford, Connecticut
Seaside Sanatorium
Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.
East Granby, Connecticut
Old Newgate Prison
A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.
East Lyme, Connecticut
Book Barn
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
