The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

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

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

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

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

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

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

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

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

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

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

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

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

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

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

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

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

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

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

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

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