Places yweiss1 Wants to Go

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.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

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.

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

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

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.