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

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

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.

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

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

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

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

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.