Places patricklongmire Wants to Go

The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

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

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

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

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

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.