Concord, Massachusetts
Author's Ridge
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
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Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Worcester, Massachusetts
A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.
Leominster, Massachusetts
The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.
Leominster, Massachusetts
The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.
North Adams, Massachusetts
More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.
Springfield, Massachusetts
A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.
San Francisco, California
One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.
San Francisco, California
This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.
San Francisco, California
Half of a house.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Interlaken, New York
The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.
Rochester, New York
Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.