Places Charles WV Wants to Go

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

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

A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

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

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

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

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

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

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

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

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

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

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

Sand dunes from a glacial lake are preserved in this woodland park.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.