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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Updated September 1, 2021

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Millicent Library

Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Millicent Library

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Fairhaven High School

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

Captain Joshua Slocum Monument

Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Captain Joshua Slocum Monument

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

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Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey

This historic vessel on display in Massachusetts made a dozen scientific expeditions into the Arctic.

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New Bedford, Massachusetts

The Lagoda

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.

1 mile from Fairhaven

Fetal whale skeleton

New Bedford, Massachusetts

The Oozing Whale Skeleton of New Bedford

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

1 mile from Fairhaven

Seaman's Bethel

New Bedford, Massachusetts

Seamen's Bethel

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

1 mile from Fairhaven

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