East Lyme, Connecticut
Book Barn
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Waterford, Connecticut
Seaside Sanatorium
Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.
Essex, Connecticut
The Griswold Inn
British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.
New Haven, Connecticut
Grave of Midnight Mary
Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.
New Haven, Connecticut
Grave of Sarah Winchester
Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.
New Haven, Connecticut
Grave of Arthur Twining Hadley
A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.
Danbury, Connecticut
Hearthstone Castle
A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.
Windsor, Connecticut
Ephraim Huit Grave
The oldest headstone in Connecticut.
Windsor, Connecticut
Memorial to Alse Young and Lydia Gilbert
Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, two Connecticut women were executed for alleged witchcraft.
East Windsor, Connecticut
The Bones from the Well
A replica of fossils believed to be the first scientifically-described dinosaur bones found in North America.
Windsor, Connecticut
Drastic Park
A collection of mechanical beasts with some interesting names.
Plymouth, Connecticut
Ted Knight Memorial Bridge
A bridge commemorating the actor's legacy and his Terryville roots.
Groton, Connecticut
Mystic Pizza
This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.
Permanently Closed
Hartford, Connecticut
Abandoned Comet Diner
An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.
Boston, Massachusetts
Logan Airport 9/11 Memorial
This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.
Permanently Closed
Newington, Connecticut
Cedarcrest Hospital
An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.
Permanently Closed
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Gustave Whitehead Fountain
This monument commemorates an aeronaut who allegedly flew a plane before the Wright brothers.
Danbury, Connecticut
John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant
After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Goodspeed Opera House
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.
Hartford, Connecticut
Coltsville
An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.
Southington, Connecticut
Snedeker House
The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.
Circleville, West Virginia
Nelson Rocks Via Ferrata
This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.
Hartford, Connecticut
Flood 1936 Marker
A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.
Hartford, Connecticut
Statue of Rover
A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.
