Montreal, Québec
Oratoire St. Joseph
City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Modern Diner
The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.
Narragansett, Rhode Island
Point Judith Lighthouse
This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.
East Providence, Rhode Island
Little Neck Cemetery
An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.
Glocester, Rhode Island
Memorial to Betty the Learned Elephant
A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.
Foster, Rhode Island
Jerimoth Hill
As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.
Providence, Rhode Island
Neutaconkanut Hill Park
A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.
Melbourne Beach, Florida
Juan Ponce de León Landing Park
This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.
Key West, Florida
U.S. Route 1 Mile 0 Sign
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Pensacola, Florida
Fort Barrancas
This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.
Sarasota, Florida
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Ona, Florida
Solomon's Castle
Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.
Marianna, Florida
Florida Caverns State Park
The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Providence, Rhode Island
Crook Point Bascule Bridge
To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.
Exeter, Rhode Island
Grave of Mercy Brown
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
Warwick, Rhode Island
Rocky Point Amusement Park
Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.
West Warwick, Rhode Island
Station Fire Memorial Park
Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.
Cumberland, Rhode Island
Nine Mens Misery
Constructed in 1676, this stone memorial is believed to be the oldest veteran's memorial in the United States.
Narragansett, Rhode Island
The Towers of Narragansett
The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Conanicut Island Lighthouse
This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.
Middletown, Rhode Island
Irish Lot
This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Fort Wetherill
Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.
