Bridgeport, Connecticut
Remington Shot Tower
Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.
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Manchester, Connecticut
Union Pond Mill
An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.
Hartford, Connecticut
Statue of Rover
A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.
Hartford, Connecticut
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.
Windsor, Connecticut
Vintage Radio and Communications Museum
More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.
New Haven, Connecticut
Skull and Bones Tomb
The headquarters of the famous Yale society.
Hartford, Connecticut
Cathedral of St. Joseph
This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.
Hartford, Connecticut
A. Everett Austin Facade House
This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.
Milford, Connecticut
Charles Island
This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.
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Pomfret, Connecticut
The Abandoned Village of Bara-Hack
A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.
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Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bloodroot Feminist Vegetarian Restaurant
This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Pleasure Beach
The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Dinosaur State Park
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
Union, Connecticut
Traveler Restaurant
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
Spokane, Washington
The Campbell House
This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.
Seattle, Washington
Tai Tung
The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.
Seattle, Washington
Seattle Chinese Garden
This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.
Seattle, Washington
East Kong Yick Building at the Wing Luke Museum
A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Haleets Rock
Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.
Longview, Washington
Nutty Narrows Bridge
This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.
Zillah, Washington
Teapot Dome Service Station
Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.
Coulee City, Washington
Dry Falls
Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.
Olympia, Washington
Mima Mounds
Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.
