Washington, Connecticut
Jason's Haunts
New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.
Places ophie Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Bristol, Connecticut
New England Carousel Museum
A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.
Bethlehem, Connecticut
Abbey of Regina Laudis
These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.
New Hartford, Connecticut
Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area
Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?
Southington, Connecticut
Snedeker House
The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.
New Haven, Connecticut
Grave of Sarah Winchester
Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.
Groton, Connecticut
Mystic Pizza
This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.
Orange, Connecticut
PEZ Visitor Center
The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.
Stonington, Connecticut
Mystic Seaport Museum
Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.
Montville, Connecticut
Supercharged
The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.
Permanently Closed
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bloodroot Feminist Vegetarian Restaurant
This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.
Woodbury, Connecticut
Hogpen Hill Farms
A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Pleasure Beach
The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.
East Granby, Connecticut
Old Newgate Prison
A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.
East Lyme, Connecticut
Book Barn
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
Hebron, Connecticut
Gay City State Park
The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.
Hartford, Connecticut
The Mark Twain House & Museum
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
New Haven, Connecticut
Louis' Lunch
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
New Haven, Connecticut
The Cushing Center
An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.
Waterbury, Connecticut
Abandoned Fairy Village
A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.
New Haven, Connecticut
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Union, Connecticut
Traveler Restaurant
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
Lakewood, Colorado
Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner
One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.
Leadville, Colorado
Climax, Colorado
At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.
