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rspill6

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2020

I'm a retired PhD chemist who loves tutoring math and science and travel with my wife, Lana. Destinations focus on the natural environment (e.g., Iceland, Norway, Costa Rica, British Columbia, Yukon) and culture (Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece).

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Timothy Dexter’s William Pitt Statue

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Timothy Dexter’s William Pitt Statue

The last surviving life-size sculpture owned by eccentric 18th century businessman and self-styled "Lord Timothy Dexter" who once decorated his home with 40 of these.

Hammond Castle Museum

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Hammond Castle Museum

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea

Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts

Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Helpful hints in stone

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Dogtown & Babson Boulder Trail

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Paper House

Rockport, Massachusetts

Paper House

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Plaque

Boston, Massachusetts

Great Boston Molasses Flood Plaque

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Caffe Vittoria

Boston, Massachusetts

Caffe Vittoria

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The iron door that currently marks the entrance to the cave

Lynn, Massachusetts

Dungeon Rock

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

Charley, the haunted doll.
Permanently Closed

Beverly, Massachusetts

Charley the Haunted Doll

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

Lizzie Borden.
Permanently Closed

Beverly, Massachusetts

Mice Manor

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

Winnekenni Castle

Haverhill, Massachusetts

Winnekenni Castle

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

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