The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.

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

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

This plaque honors the unsung Black songstress once known as the “greatest singer of her race.”

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

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.