Utica, New York
Fountain Elms
This 1850s mansion reveals how rich Americans lived in the Victorian era.
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Utica, New York
This 1850s mansion reveals how rich Americans lived in the Victorian era.
New Haven, Connecticut
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
New Haven, Connecticut
Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.
Stony Brook, New York
Once the site of seances, this restaurant is said to be haunted by several ghosts.
Windsor, Connecticut
Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, two Connecticut women were executed for alleged witchcraft.
Peabody, Massachusetts
Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
Southington, Connecticut
The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.
Middletown, Connecticut
A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.
Queens, New York
The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.
New York, New York
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
New York, New York
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
New York, New York
The "Seinfeld" diner.
Brooklyn, New York
One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.
Queens, New York
Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.
Brooklyn, New York
The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.
New York, New York
This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.
New York, New York
Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.
New York, New York
This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.
New York, New York
This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
New York, New York
Here be dragons.
New York, New York
One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.
Queens, New York
This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.