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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Hanover, New Hampshire

Updated May 31, 2012

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Unusual Attractions in Hanover

One wall of The Epic of American Civilization

Hanover, New Hampshire

The Epic of American Civilization

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

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Hanover, New Hampshire

Panarchy Tomb Room

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.

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The Happy Family or Fox and Rabbit. Both trickers and shape-shifter transgressors. (Wikimedia Commons)

White River Junction, Vermont

Main Street Museum

Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.

3 miles from Hanover

Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial

Royalton, Vermont

Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial

An obelisk marks the farmhouse where the founder of Mormonism was born.

12 miles from Hanover

Woodstock Town Crier

Woodstock, Vermont

Woodstock Town Crier

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

12 miles from Hanover

Vermontasaurus

Thetford, Vermont

Vermontasaurus

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

12 miles from Hanover

Five Elm Arches, in Woodstock, Vermont.

Woodstock, Vermont

Five Elm Arches

An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.

14 miles from Hanover

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