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

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

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

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

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

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

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

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.

Connecticut sites linked to the only trial to ever use demonic possession as a criminal defense.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

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

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.