Places shbtlr Wants to Go

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

This historic psychiatric hospital is haunted by its chilling past.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

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

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

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

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

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

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

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.