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

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

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

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

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

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

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