It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.

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

An artist of the American Revolution is entombed beneath the Yale art gallery he founded.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

This is the location of the U.S. Radium Corporation where the “Radium Girls” worked, became sickened by radiation poisoning, with many dying horrible deaths.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.

View roughly 7,000 books amassed over decades by the author and avid bibliophile.

The first woman in the United States to get a driver's license is buried here.

This historic hotel was once home to Henry David Thoreau and rumored to be haunted by ghosts of fallen soldiers from the American Revolution.

This location holds the truth to what truly happened that faithful night.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

Located in the historic home of a newspaper publisher, this museum is dedicated to the Freedom of Speech.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.

Maine’s largest salt marsh hides old roads, drainage ditches, and the remains of a canal once cut through its grasses.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

The early 20th-century home features cutting-edge technology of the day, such as ammonia refrigeration and needle showers.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.