New Haven, Connecticut
The Taft Chair at Woolsey Hall
An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.
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New Haven, Connecticut
An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.
Essex, Connecticut
This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.
Avon, Connecticut
This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.
North Haven, Connecticut
A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.
Orange, Connecticut
The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.
Fairbanks, Alaska
The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.
Diomede, Alaska
Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.
Juneau, Alaska
Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.
Adak, Alaska
America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.
Anchorage, Alaska
A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.
Whittier, Alaska
Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.
Whittier, Alaska
The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.
North Pole, Alaska
An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.
Ketchikan, Alaska
This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.
Anchorage, Alaska
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Fairbanks, Alaska
This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.
Yakutat, Alaska
Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."