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Unusual
Attractions
in Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence Athenaeum

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

Hopkinton, Rhode Island

Enchanted Forest

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

Bristol, Rhode Island

Musée Patamécanique

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

Providence, Rhode Island

H.P. Lovecraft House

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

Providence, Rhode Island

H.P. Lovecraft’s Grave

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Green Animals Topiary Garden

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Exeter, Rhode Island

Grave of Mercy Brown

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

Providence, Rhode Island

John Hay Library

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Rhode Island

Sugar on Snow

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

Awful Awful

This Jersey-born frosty drink is now a Rhode Island favorite.

Beach Plum Jelly

This tangy East Coast spread is becoming increasingly hard to find.

Johnnycakes

The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.

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