Boston, Massachusetts
The Ether Dome
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
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Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.
Boston, Massachusetts
Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Somerville, Massachusetts
The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A tiny monument to the classic American candy.
Hartford, Connecticut
This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.
Quincy, Massachusetts
From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.
Westford, Massachusetts
A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Boston, Massachusetts
The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
Newton, Massachusetts
Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.
Watertown, Massachusetts
Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.
Newton, Massachusetts
A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.
Petersham, Massachusetts
All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.
Cohoes, New York
A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.
Salem, Massachusetts
A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.