Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

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

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

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

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

Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.

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