A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.

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

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

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

The origin of these small islands' sweet names is a local mystery.

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

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

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

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

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

The hall of fame for circus performers.

A collection of bite-sized buildings creates a magical mini village in the Pennsylvania mountains.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

A piece of crumbling highway infrastructure was repurposed as a high-tech facility for testing racecars.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.