Places Shellybellz Wants to Go

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

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.

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

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

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

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

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

One car at a time please.