Places sarakreep Wants to Go

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

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

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

A giant ant model welcomes visitors to an exhibit about symbiotic organisms that live with army ant colonies.

Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

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.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.

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