This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

Designed to not only to represent the history of the local community but also, the future.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.