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Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.

It's said that this stone with its mysterious runic inscription is evidence of the Norse visiting Narragansett.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

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

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.