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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

Inside a grand Victorian-era carriage house is the oldest automobile collection in the United States.

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

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

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

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.

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

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.