The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Enjoy egg rolls and live music in a converted bank vault.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

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

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

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

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

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

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

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!