New Haven, Connecticut
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
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New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
New Haven, Connecticut
It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.
Stonington, Connecticut
Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.
Providence, Rhode Island
A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.
Providence, Rhode Island
A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.
Newport, Rhode Island
An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.
Charlestown, Rhode Island
250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.
Newport, Rhode Island
This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Narragansett, Rhode Island
The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.
Foster, Rhode Island
As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.
Ludlow, Vermont
A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Take a step inside the picturesque studio of America’s most renowned sculptor.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
A rich collection honors the iconic American artist, down to the jacket worn in his “Freedom of Speech” painting.
Salisbury, Connecticut
The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.
Hamburg, New Jersey
An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.
Wantage, New Jersey
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
Port Jervis, New York
A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.
Port Jervis, New York
A pair of 19th-century granite markers symbolically record where the state boundaries of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania intersect.
Paterson, New Jersey
In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.