Places sierrawest Wants to Go

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

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

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

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

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

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

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

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

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

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.