At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The world's largest rotating world.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

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

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

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.

This clock tower is all that remains of Bird Hall, constructed by one of the founding families of this Massachusetts town.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

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

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

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