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

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

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

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

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

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

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

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.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

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

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.