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42.9614, -89.5073
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52.8631, -102.3887
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36.6603, -115.9947
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24.4521, 32.9284
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Mason Park Basketball Monument
This site commemorates the birthplace of the game of basketball, invented by James Naismith in the winter of 1891.
42.1120, -72.5628
Windsor, Connecticut
Memorial to Alse Young and Lydia Gilbert
Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, two Connecticut women were executed for alleged witchcraft.
41.8520, -72.6437
Hamden, Connecticut
Best Video Film & Cultural Center
This Connecticut video store has a vast and varied archive that contains everything from 'Koyaanisqatsi' to 'The King's Speech.'
41.3658, -72.9086
Brooklyn, New York
Cleft Ridge Span
This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.
40.6599, -73.9648
Middletown, Connecticut
Joseph Barratt's Grave
The gravestone of an eccentric Connecticut doctor features dinosaur tracks and a pair of fossil tree casts.
41.5584, -72.6628
Hartford, Connecticut
Abandoned Comet Diner
An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.
41.7673, -72.6974
New York, New York
Spotlight on Broadway Map
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
40.7588, -73.9851
Bronx, New York
Kool Herc's Block
This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.
40.8471, -73.9245
Wilmington, Illinois
Gemini Giant
This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.
41.3106, -88.1386
New York, New York
Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
40.7586, -73.9855
New Haven, Connecticut
Grave of Midnight Mary
Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.
41.2994, -72.9498
Springfield, Massachusetts
The Titanic Museum
Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.
42.1596, -72.5003
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