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.
Gardner, Massachusetts
In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.
Seattle, Washington
The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Seattle, Washington
An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.
Seattle, Washington
Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Atlanta, Georgia
This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.
Atlanta, Georgia
Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Heidelberg, Germany
It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Montague, Massachusetts
Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.