Places carleeanne8 Wants to Go

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

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

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, two Connecticut women were executed for alleged witchcraft.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.