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

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

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

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

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

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.