Dedham, Massachusetts
Fairbanks House
The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.
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Dedham, Massachusetts
The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.
Boston, Massachusetts
These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.
Boston, Massachusetts
What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.
Hull, Massachusetts
The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.
Whitman, Massachusetts
This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.
Scituate, Massachusetts
A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.
Aquinnah, Massachusetts
Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.
Halifax, Massachusetts
A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.
Sodus, New York
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Lincoln, Massachusetts
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
Orlando, Florida
The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Bronx, New York
A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.
Cold Spring, New York
This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Southampton, England
A cruise ship retraces the the route of the doomed RMS Titanic, 100 years later.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Jersey
A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.
Cairo, Egypt
In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.
Nokhur, Turkmenistan
A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.