One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

The oldest philatelic museum in the United States.

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

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

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

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

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

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

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

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

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

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

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.