Places elsamanelsa Wants to Go

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

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

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

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

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.