Places nancybdeol Wants to Go

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

The gravestone of an eccentric Connecticut doctor features dinosaur tracks and a pair of fossil tree casts.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

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

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

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

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.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

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

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

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

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

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.