Places Zesra Wants to Go

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

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

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

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

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

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

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

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

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

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.