A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

This necropolis is home to eclectic funerary art and is the final resting place for much of the city's nobility.

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

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

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Designed to not only to represent the history of the local community but also, the future.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

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

Dedicated to one of the world's first Black international, athletic superstars.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.