The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

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.

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

Eco-friendly island mansion.

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

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

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

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.

The poet Walt Whitman was a frequent visitor to this spot, the highest on Long Island.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

A restored Shell gas station from 1937 that includes a tow truck, the original gas pumps, and the original office.

A century ago, aspiring socialites climbed on this cement beast with the hopes of marrying a millionaire.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.

Once the center of food production for this small town.

This backwater graveyard in the Hamptons became a trendy burial spot and posthumous status symbol for famous artists.

Panoramic views from the mountains over a facility built to provide tuberculosis patients with fresh mountain air.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

A series of fish plaques that are embedded in the malls of Ocean Parkway.