This plaque honors the unsung Black songstress once known as the “greatest singer of her race.”

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

The origin of these small islands' sweet names is a local mystery.

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

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.

An inclusive, climate-resilient playground honors the life of a young Boston Marathon bombing victim.

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

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

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

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

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

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