The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

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

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

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

An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

The former location of a platform that allowed passengers to safely wait for the trolley.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.