Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

Home of the Daffodil Festival, Castle Craig, and a ghostly hound.

In a Connecticut park, a statue pays tribute to the Indigenous people of this land.

The farmhouse where a reclusive sculptor and printmaker created thousands of works.

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

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

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

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

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The C. A. Nothnagle Log House stands as the oldest surviving log cabin in the United States, offering a remarkable glimpse into America's colonial past.

An abandoned military bunker that has been transformed into an artist's paradise.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

An unusual assortment of steerable wooden sleds is on display in a library in New Jersey where they were first invented.

One of the oldest surviving bars in the United States, located at the site of the last skirmish of the American Revolution.

The way these carnivorous dinosaurs are posed is an homage to a classic work of paleoart.

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.