An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

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

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

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.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

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

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

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

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

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

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."

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!