Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

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.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

This roadside wonder is as mysterious as it is beloved.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

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

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

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

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

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

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

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.