Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

The former location of a platform that allowed passengers to safely wait for the trolley.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

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

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

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

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

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

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

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.