This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

Overshadowed by quilts, the artistry of these patterned textiles went underappreciated for too long.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

A pyramid commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States

These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

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

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.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

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

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.