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A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

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

This Connecticut video store has a vast and varied archive that contains everything from 'Koyaanisqatsi' to 'The King's Speech.'

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

A preserved trolley track that was transformed into a museum of transportation.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

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

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

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

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

A reproduction of a mysteriously preserved body found in the 18th-century and put on display for years before burial.