Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

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.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

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.

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

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.

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."

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The middle finger of modernity.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.