Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

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

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.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

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

An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.

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

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

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

How did a massive marine arthropod find its way to landlocked Ohio?

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

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