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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

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

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

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

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

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

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

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

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

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

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 only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.