Pomfret, Connecticut
The Abandoned Village of Bara-Hack
A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.
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Pomfret, Connecticut
A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.
Middletown, Connecticut
In a Connecticut park, a statue pays tribute to the Indigenous people of this land.
Hartford, Connecticut
The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.
New Haven, Connecticut
An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.
North Haven, Connecticut
A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.
Boston, Massachusetts
This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.
New Haven, Connecticut
137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.
New Haven, Connecticut
After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.
New Haven, Connecticut
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.
Hartford, Connecticut
This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.
Hartford, Connecticut
An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.
Plainville, Connecticut
A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.
Waterbury, Connecticut
This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
The location of the pie company that gave a classic toy its name is now a parking lot.
Milford, Connecticut
This large boulder was used as a lookout point by Revolutionary War militiamen.
Hartford, Connecticut
An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former location of a platform that allowed passengers to safely wait for the trolley.
Milford, Connecticut
This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.
Milford, Connecticut
This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary. And maybe buried treasure!
Lyme, Connecticut
Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.
East Haddam, Connecticut
An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.
East Haddam, Connecticut
This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.