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

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.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

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

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

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

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

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

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

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

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

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

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

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.

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

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

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

This rural water utility building houses a tribute to one of the greatest stars of the silent film era.