An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

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 strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.

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

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

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

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.