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An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

Connecticut sites linked to the only trial to ever use demonic possession as a criminal defense.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.