The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

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

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

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

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

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

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

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

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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