Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.

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

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

Historic seaside park featuring explorable, abandoned military structures.

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

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

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.