A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

Once considered a marvel of engineering, this 107-mile canal played an integral role in building New York City.

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

In 1898, a New England storm that claimed more than 400 lives created this brand new stretch of shoreline.

A safe space and resource for anything and everything relating to sex and sexuality.

Cape Cod’s historic beacon made famous on a potato chip bag.

A dedication plaque on this Boston tunnel is a microcosm of a massive, controversy-laden construction project.

The world's largest collection of historic U.S. military naval vessels.

This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.

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

It's said that this stone with its mysterious runic inscription is evidence of the Norse visiting Narragansett.

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

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

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

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

Showing films since the silent era of the 1920s, it is now the last movie house in downtown Newport.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

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