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Lincoln Square

Bennington, Vermont

Lincoln Square

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

The grave site of President Chester A. Arthur

Menands, New York

Albany Rural Cemetery

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

The two standing stones in the cemetery.

Schenectady, New York

Vedder Family Cemetery

The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.

The two mummies at the Albany Institute of History and Art.

Albany, New York

The Mummy Ankhefenmut

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

Nipper looks out over the Warehouse District on a clear February day.

Albany, New York

World’s Largest Nipper Statue

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

Woodside Presbyterian Church.

Troy, New York

Woodside

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.

Historic marker outside church.

Troy, New York

First Baptist Church of Troy

This historic church with a connection to "Uncle Sam" is now a fraternity house.

Guptill's Arena

Cohoes, New York

Guptill's Arena

The largest roller-skating rink in the world.

Uncle Sam Wilson

Troy, New York

Grave of Uncle Sam

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

Site of the Cohoes Mastodon discovery.

Cohoes, New York

Site of the Cohoes Mastodon

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

The Troy Gasholder Building.

Troy, New York

Troy Gasholder Building

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

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