These commemorative stones honor a young woman born in captivity.

This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

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

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

In 1898, a New England storm that claimed more than 400 lives created this brand new stretch of shoreline.

One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

Where Eunice Williams was murdered by natives, and where locals say her ghost still haunts.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

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

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

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

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

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.