Hartford, Connecticut
Charter Oak Frame
A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Hartford, Connecticut
Ancient Burying Ground
The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.
Hartford, Connecticut
Cathedral of St. Joseph
This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.
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Hartford, Connecticut
Abandoned Comet Diner
An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.
Hartford, Connecticut
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.
Hartford, Connecticut
The Mark Twain House & Museum
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Hartford, Connecticut
Colonial America Tavern Signs Collection
The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.
Hartford, Connecticut
A. Everett Austin Facade House
This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.
New Haven, Connecticut
East Rock Park
Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.
New Haven, Connecticut
Louis' Lunch
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
New Haven, Connecticut
Skull and Bones Tomb
The headquarters of the famous Yale society.
New Haven, Connecticut
Ingalls Rink
It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.
New Haven, Connecticut
Statue of "King" William Lanson
This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.
New Haven, Connecticut
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
New Haven, Connecticut
Grave of Arthur Twining Hadley
A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.
New Haven, Connecticut
The Taft Chair at Woolsey Hall
An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.
New Haven, Connecticut
Crypt at Center Church-on-the-Green
137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.
New Haven, Connecticut
The Institute Library
One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.
New York, New York
IFC Center Peephole
The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.
New York, New York
Gay Street
An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.
New York, New York
Death Avenue Plaque
Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.
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Singapore
Changi Junk Store
A so-called Singapore junk store that is closer to a historical restoration center.
Cold Spring, New York
Ruins of the Cornish Estate
A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.
Bronx, New York
La Morada
Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.
