Bristol, Connecticut
New England Carousel Museum
A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.
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Bristol, Connecticut
A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.
Meriden, Connecticut
A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.
New Haven, Connecticut
The headquarters of the famous Yale society.
Groton, Connecticut
This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.
East Granby, Connecticut
A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Seydisfjordur, Iceland
The only structure in a remote mountain pass, these colorful cubes are visible from miles away.
Iceland
This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.
Siglufjörður, Iceland
This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."
Iceland
Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.
Akureyri, Iceland
Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.
Akureyri, Iceland
Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.
Husavik, Iceland
Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.
Iceland
Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.
Eiriksstadhir, Iceland
This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.
Iceland
Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.
Iceland
These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.
Iceland
A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.
Seydisfjordur, Iceland
These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.
Iceland
Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.
Iceland
This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.