Cambridge, Massachusetts
Blaschka Glass Flowers
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
Franconia, New Hampshire
A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.
Keene, New Hampshire
A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.
Hull, Massachusetts
Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."
Hull, Massachusetts
A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.
Boston, Massachusetts
This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."
Boston, Massachusetts
The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.
Cohasset, Massachusetts
New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.
Boston, Massachusetts
A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.
Rockport, Massachusetts
An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.
Newbury, Massachusetts
This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.
Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Boston, Massachusetts
The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Chester, New Hampshire
The gravestones in this historic cemetery are carved with mysterious faces.
Peterborough, New Hampshire
This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.
Amherst, New Hampshire
A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.