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7 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Sudbury, Massachusetts

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Sky Bar

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.
Ford’s Folly

Sudbury, Massachusetts

Ford's Folly

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.
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Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.
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The Redstone Schoolhouse

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The Redstone Schoolhouse

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.
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Sudbury, Massachusetts

Wayside Inn

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

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Sudbury Grinding Stone

Once an integral part of Native American life, very few of these communal New England stones have survived to the present day.

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The Inuit kayak from Robert Peary's 1896 expedition to Greenland is now on display at a local library.
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