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Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

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

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

The home of the founder of American landscape architecture puts his principles into practice.

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

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

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

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

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

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

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

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

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

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

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.

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

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

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.