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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Updated February 17, 2020

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Modern Diner

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

Old Slater Mill and Wilkinson Mill (on the left).

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Old Slater Mill

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

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Grave marker of H.P. Lovecraft

Providence, Rhode Island

H.P. Lovecraft’s Grave

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

1 mile from Pawtucket

Ladd Observatory

Providence, Rhode Island

Ladd Observatory

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

2 miles from Pawtucket

The Stephen Harris House. In Lovecraft’s time this was known as the Babbitt House; and in Lovecraft’s story, “The Shunned House,” this house is called the “William Harris House”; and is run down and rather scary.

Providence, Rhode Island

Stephen Harris House

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

3 miles from Pawtucket

Sissieretta Jones Plaque

Providence, Rhode Island

Sissieretta Jones Plaque

This plaque honors the unsung Black songstress once known as the “greatest singer of her race.”

3 miles from Pawtucket

H.P. Lovecraft’s last residence

Providence, Rhode Island

H.P. Lovecraft House

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

3 miles from Pawtucket

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

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