The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

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

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

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

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

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

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

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

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.