Places BrandyBacon Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

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

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

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

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

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

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

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

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

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

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.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

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

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

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."

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.