Places happygrim Wants to Go

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

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

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.

In 1787, a group of delegates met at this very spot to drink, be merry, and ratify the Constitution of the United States.

Museum houses an impressive display of the origin and artistry from the now-quaint invention's history.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

A memorial to Chinese freedom in the city where American freedom was born.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

A man in a plane delivers Christmas packages to lighthouses.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.