Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford Circus Fire Memorial
Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.
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Hartford, Connecticut
Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.
Stonington, Connecticut
How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?
Brookfield, Massachusetts
Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Pleasantville, New York
This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.
Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
A plaque on a rock dedicated to a famous, forgotten author, and put in an impossible place.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
Centerport, New York
An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.
Flanders, New York
A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.
Millbrook, New York
This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.
Uncasville, Connecticut
A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.
East Lyme, Connecticut
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
Storrs, Connecticut
Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.
Wilton, Connecticut
American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.
Danbury, Connecticut
A statue commemorating a 16-year old girl's nighttime ride to raise a militia against attacking British troops.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.
Essex, Connecticut
This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.
Deep River, Connecticut
The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.
New Haven, Connecticut
Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.
East Granby, Connecticut
A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.
Woodbury, Connecticut
A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.