Salisbury, Connecticut
Noble Horizons Retirement Home
Retirement home where the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West passed away.
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Salisbury, Connecticut
Retirement home where the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West passed away.
Norwich, Connecticut
Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.
Durham, Connecticut
The farmhouse where a reclusive sculptor and printmaker created thousands of works.
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.
Uncasville, Connecticut
A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.
Norwich, Connecticut
The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.
Rosendale, New York
This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.
Rhinebeck, New York
What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.
Rhinebeck, New York
The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.
Gerlach, Nevada
Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.
Washoe County, Nevada
An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.
Boston, Massachusetts
A dedication plaque on this Boston tunnel is a microcosm of a massive, controversy-laden construction project.
Boston, Massachusetts
A school used as a model for public education across the country.
Boston, Massachusetts
The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.
Guimarães, Portugal
This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.
Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Montalegre, Portugal
Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.
Needham, Massachusetts
An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.
Newton, Massachusetts
A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.
Wellesley, Massachusetts
A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Designed to represent the mushroom clouds the artists witnessed during nuclear testing.
Holliston, Massachusetts
This American Sycamore was grown from seeds that accompanied the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.
Medfield, Massachusetts
Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.
Framingham, Massachusetts
Two stone markers honor the Nipmuc people who first settled here millennia ago.