A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.

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

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

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

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

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

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

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

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

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.