Places chrissyml Wants to Go

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

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

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

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

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

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

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

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

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

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

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

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

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

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

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

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

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

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

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

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

This sandstone tree trunk is a relic from a long-past era when England had a more tropical climate.

The world's best collection to gauge whether or not you should wear a scarf outside.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

Small shop offering mail-order rare and exotic plants.