Preserving the memory of the narrow railroads that once crisscrossed the state of Maine.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

"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."

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

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

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

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

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

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

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

The final resting place of Gary Gygax; co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

The warmest cave in the Ozarks features two seemingly bottomless lakes.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.