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Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

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

A preserved trolley track that was transformed into a museum of transportation.

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.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.

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

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

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

A one stop shop for one-of-a-kind antiques, artifacts, and rare oddities sourced from across the globe.

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

The oldest headstone in Connecticut.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

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

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

Colorful turkeys gobble and greet delighted visitors.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.