Copenhagen's "other" little mermaid marks the historic location of past sea maid sightings.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

This 15-foot-tall sculpture stands vigil at the back entrance to the largest public park in western Massachusetts.

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

This Connecticut video store has a vast and varied archive that contains everything from 'Koyaanisqatsi' to 'The King's Speech.'

A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

This Connecticut ferry has been operating in some form since 1655.

An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.