This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

This chimney is the oldest free standing industrial chimney in Britain.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.