Years of neglect and nature took a toll on this 19th-century lighthouse.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

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

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.

Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.

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

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

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

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

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