Places dragonflower7 Wants to Go

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

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

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

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

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

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

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

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

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

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.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

Outsider Art Community.

Two geoglyphs that are truly unique to North America.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.