Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

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

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.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

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

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

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Tracing a path of more than four miles around a frozen lake, this is the longest skate trail in the United States.

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.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

Packed with gear and memorabilia, this museum chronicles the history of skiing and how its rise shaped New England.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.