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Mt. Auburn Cemetery

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mount Auburn Cemetery

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Longfellow House

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Longfellow House

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

The Brattle Theatre

Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Brattle Theatre

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

Igor Fokin Memorial Sculpture

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Igor Fokin Memorial Sculpture

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

Old Burial Ground

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Old Burial Ground

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

Another wall, including the "Full Circle" pennant.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Clover HSQ

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

Harvard Lampoon building.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard Lampoon Building

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

Hood Milk Bottle

Boston, Massachusetts

Hood Milk Bottle

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

United Shoe Machinery Building, view from Milton Place

Boston, Massachusetts

United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

The memorial.

Boston, Massachusetts

Logan Airport 9/11 Memorial

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

Ted Williams Tunnel Plaque

Boston, Massachusetts

Ted Williams Tunnel Plaque

A dedication plaque on this Boston tunnel is a microcosm of a massive, controversy-laden construction project.

Berkeley Weather Beacon

Boston, Massachusetts

Berkeley Weather Beacon

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

Star Market jutting out over the highway

Newton, Massachusetts

Star Market

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Grave of Grizzly Adams

Charlton, Massachusetts

Grave of Grizzly Adams

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

Paragon Carousel

Hull, Massachusetts

Paragon Carousel

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

Boston Lighthouse

Hull, Massachusetts

Boston Lighthouse

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

World's End

Hingham, Massachusetts

World's End

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

Weymouth, Massachusetts

Grape Island Straw Alarm

Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.

One of three bronze cats that populate Asheville's Cat Walk.

Asheville, North Carolina

The Cat Walk

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

'Spirit of the Haida Gwaii'

Washington, D.C.

'Spirit of the Haida Gwaii'

A glimpse of the Pacific Northwest‘s indigenous culture in Washington, D.C.

Japanese Lantern at West Potomac Park

Washington, D.C.

Japanese Stone Lantern

A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

Detail of the Mini Monument

Washington, D.C.

Washington Mini Monument

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Murals at Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library

Washington, D.C.

Murals at Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library

In an alcove of this historic library, you can find murals painted in the 1930s by an artist who went on to create some of Disney's most iconic animated films.

DeJarnette Sanitarium.
Permanently Closed

Staunton, Virginia

Abandoned DeJarnette Sanitarium

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

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