Places bibliophile22 Wants to Go

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

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

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

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

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

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

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

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

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

In 1898, a New England storm that claimed more than 400 lives created this brand new stretch of shoreline.

One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

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.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.