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

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

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

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

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

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

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

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

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.

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

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.

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

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

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

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

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

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

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

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

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

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