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

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

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

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

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

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

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

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

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.