Rhode Island Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in Rhode Island. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports. City roadtrip recommendations: Newport
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Adamsville: Birthplace of the Rhode Island Red - Block Island: Mass Grave of the Princess Augusta
- Block Island: Perpetually Painted Rock
- Bristol: Burial Mound of an Enslaved People Trader
- Bristol: Musee Patamecanique
- Bristol: The Most Famous Tombstone In New England
- Bristol: Uncle Sam Potato Head
- Burrillville: The Conjuring House
- Burrillville: Tucky the Boulder Hound
- Central Falls: Big Rooftop Tin Man
- Central Falls: World's First Sri Chinmoy Peace Blossom Bridge
- Charlestown: Ninigret Park Trolls
- Chepachet: Betty: Potato Head Elephant
- Chepachet: Memorial to Little Bett the Elephant
- Cumberland: Best Place on Earth to Find Cumberlandite
- Cumberland: Nine Men's Misery Monument
- East Greenwich: New England Wireless and Steam Museum
- Exeter: Grave of a Suspected Vampire
- Exeter: Queen Bee Potato Head
- Exeter: Scrap Metal Scorpion
- Foster: Highest Point in Rhode Island
- Glendale: World's Oldest Penny Arcade
- Greenville: Whale Rock
- Hope Valley: The Enchanted Forest: Ruins
- Little Compton: Cow Vomit Rope On Display
- Little Compton: Peggotty - Art Boat Thing
- Little Compton: The Spite Tower
- Manville: Milk Can Building
- Middletown: Bruce the Shark
- Middletown: Grave of the Kissing Sailor
- Narragansett: Druid's Chair and Altar
- Narragansett: Peter Toth Indian Head
- Narragansett: Rust - Corrosion Test Facility
- Newport: Belcourt Castle: Haunted Chairs
- Newport: Bronze Organ Grinder and Monkey
- Newport: Dark Shadows Collinswood Mansion
- Newport: JFK's Rejected Grave Slab
- Newport: John Adams Fort Bust
- Newport: Mystery Tower of Newport
- Newport: Newport Tower Museum
- Newport: The Feet and the Wave
- North Kingstown: Fighting Seabee Statue
- North Smithfield: Vampire Grasp Grave of Simon Whipple Aldrich
- Pawtucket: Happy Dentures
- Pawtucket: Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Pawtucket: Map Center
- Pawtucket: Mr. and Mrs. Potato Heads
- Pawtucket: Scallop Shell War Memorial
- Pawtucket: The Historic Modern Diner
- Portsmouth: Bellhop and Grape Potato Heads
- Portsmouth: Green Animals Topiary Garden
- Portsmouth: Newport Car Museum
- Providence: Big Kodiak Bear
- Providence: Cannon With Jammed Cannonball
- Providence: Forgotten Superstar: Bowen R. Church
- Providence: Furnished Tomb of General Hawkins
- Providence: Giant Bronze Wildcat
- Providence: Grave of Roger Williams
- Providence: H.P. Lovecraft's Grave
- Providence: House of Edgar Allan Poe's Girlfriend
- Providence: Killer Cannonball on Victim's Grave
- Providence: Mr. Potato Head's Brother
- Providence: Plymouth Rock of Rhode Island Blown Up Here
- Providence: Roof Dragon
- Providence: The Gun Totem
- Providence: Tree Root That Ate Roger Williams
- Providence: World's Largest Bug
- South Kingstown: Mysterious Carter Jackson Monument
- Wakefield: Hitler's Gravy Boat, Himmler's Nightshirt
- Warren: Imagine Cow Parade Herd
- Warren: Regular Joe the Potato Head
- Warwick: 1964 World's Fair General Foods Arch
- Warwick: Bishop Earth Tater: Potato Head
- Warwick: First Presidential Phone Call
- Warwick: Happy Flying Family
- Warwick: Red Hot Potato Head
- Warwick: Rooftop Tin Man
- Warwick: Tiny Church With Million Dollar View
- West Greenwich: Firefighter Potato Head
- West Kingston: Great Swamp Massacre Monument
- West Warwick: Station Nightclub Memorial
- Westerly: Potato Head Statue
- Westerly: Ruth Buzzi Park Bench
- Westerly: Taylor Swift's Seawall Guitar
- Wickford: Narragansett Rune Stone
- Woonsocket: Angular Abe: Sit Inside Lincoln
- Woonsocket: Grave of America's Only Stigmatic
- Woonsocket: Rose Ferron Museum: America's Stigmatic
- Woonsocket: Sistine Chapel of Rhode Island
- Woonsocket: Statue of Hachiko, Faithful Dog
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Chepachet: Mr Potato Head Ambassador
- Cranston: Dairy World
- Cumberland: Dragon Exhaust System
- Lincoln: Muffler Man - Bunyan
- Newport: 1940s Fire Truck on Pub
- North Smithfield: Big Travel Mug
- Portsmouth: Grave of Pookie, Dog of England's Disgraced King
- Providence: Pizza Guy Mr. Potato Head
- Providence: Soviet Sub - Sunk
- South Kingstown: Chicken Lady Mailbox
- Warwick: James Woods Mini-Shrine
- Warwick: Muffler Man
- Warwick: TAPS Headquarters
- Westerly: Florence Nightingale's Nurse Cap
