Scituate, Massachusetts
Gravesite of Justice Willam Cushing
Cushing was one of the founders of the United States and his grave is located in a tiny, odd, tucked-away state park with very little signage.
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Scituate, Massachusetts
Cushing was one of the founders of the United States and his grave is located in a tiny, odd, tucked-away state park with very little signage.
Easton, Massachusetts
The oldest independent bottling plant in America was built directly over an ancient spring — and famously rejected Coca-Cola.
Fall River, Massachusetts
This monument, 60 feet tall and 30 feet wide, is an exact replica of one in Ponta Delgada, Azores.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A treasure trove of material within the University of Pittsburgh Library Systems has spawned the world's first and only center for academic study of the horror genre.
Colwyn Bay, Wales
A cheeky tribute to a comedy legend.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
Manchester, New Hampshire
This riverfront statue honors the inventor of the first video games ever sold.
Dublin, Ireland
Collection of still-functioning printing presses from the 18th to 20th centuries.
Westford, Massachusetts
A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.
Laconia, New Hampshire
The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.
Baltimore, Maryland
An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.
Salem, Massachusetts
They founded the game company that made Clue, Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, and Sorry!
Salem, Massachusetts
A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum.
Sharon, Massachusetts
The grave of William Rosenberg, founder of Dunkin Donuts (now Dunkin') with shops coast to coast in the US and 42 countries worldwide.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.
Wareham, Massachusetts
The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.
Dover, New Hampshire
Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.
Providence, Rhode Island
This plaque honors the unsung Black songstress once known as the “greatest singer of her race.”
Lyndeborough, New Hampshire
Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.
Dedham, Massachusetts
The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.
Holliston, Massachusetts
This American Sycamore was grown from seeds that accompanied the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.
Sherborn, Massachusetts
Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.
Dedham, Massachusetts
This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.