Places liv0419 Wants to Go

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

Sand dunes from a glacial lake are preserved in this woodland park.

Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.

A giant ant model welcomes visitors to an exhibit about symbiotic organisms that live with army ant colonies.

This large boulder was used as a lookout point by Revolutionary War militiamen.

A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

The gravestone of an eccentric Connecticut doctor features dinosaur tracks and a pair of fossil tree casts.

An artificial tree in the University of Connecticut greenhouses holds a collection of orchids, mosses, and other tropical epiphytic plants.

A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

This statue honoring the most decorated dog of World War I stands in a Connecticut park.

A statue commemorating a 16-year old girl's nighttime ride to raise a militia against attacking British troops.

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

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

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

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

This roadside wonder is as mysterious as it is beloved.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

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

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.