Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

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

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

Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

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

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

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

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.

Enjoy egg rolls and live music in a converted bank vault.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

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

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

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

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

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

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