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Brownsville, Oregon

The Living Rock Studios

A circular two-story museum built completely by hand with 800 tons of rock.

Post office.

Brownsville, Oregon

Linn County Historical Museum

A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

Thompson's Mills 2020

Shedd, Oregon

Thompson's Mills

The last water-powered mill in Oregon is open daily for free tours and has a surprising history.

The rock obelisk at Rugby, North Dakota.

Rugby, North Dakota

The Geographical Center of North America

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

A humble stone

Milton, Massachusetts

George H.W. Bush Birthplace

Though a proud Texan, the 41st President of the United States started life in the suburbs of Boston.

A statue of Sigmund Freud still watches over the campus.

Worcester, Massachusetts

Sigmund Freud Statue

This statue is a commemoration of the only place where Freud spoke in the United States.

A modest obelisk commemorates Goddard's launch.

Auburn, Massachusetts

Goddard Rocket Launching Site

A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.

Charlton Route 20 Cow Tunnel

Charlton, Massachusetts

Charlton Route 20 Cow Tunnel

A 1926 cow tunnel that passes underneath the nation’s longest road.

Grave of Grizzly Adams

Charlton, Massachusetts

Grave of Grizzly Adams

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

Medfield State Hospital

Medfield, Massachusetts

Medfield State Hospital

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

Birthplace of Horace Mann

Franklin, Massachusetts

Birthplace of Horace Mann

A stone marker dedicated to the “Father of American Education.”

Franklin Public Library, front entrance.

Franklin, Massachusetts

Franklin Public Library

America's first public lending library began with a gift from Benjamin Franklin.

The Pothier Family Mausoleum.

Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Precious Blood Cemetery

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.

Plaque

Glocester, Rhode Island

Memorial to Betty the Learned Elephant

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

Sagamore John Burial Monument

Medford, Massachusetts

Sagamore John Burial Monument

The monument is inscribed, "To Sagamore John and those Mystic Indians Whose Bones Lie Here”.

Amelia Earhart Home

Medford, Massachusetts

Amelia Earhart Home

The aviator lived here from 1924 until she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane in 1928.

The Old Power House

Somerville, Massachusetts

Old Powder House

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

Prospect Hill Tower

Somerville, Massachusetts

Prospect Hill Tower

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

Prospect Hill Monument

Somerville, Massachusetts

Prospect Hill Monument

Earliest version of the American flag can be seen atop the hill where it first flew.

Oxford Huguenot Fort

Oxford, Massachusetts

Oxford Huguenot Fort

Solitary stone structures and a tale of tragedy are all that remains of a historic settlement built by French Protestant refugees.

The Tower of Voices contains 40 wind chimes.

Stoystown, Pennsylvania

Flight 93 National Memorial

Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.

Weather Machine

Portland, Oregon

Weather Machine

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

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Portland, Oregon

Portlandia

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Timberline Lodge

Government Camp, Oregon

Timberline Lodge

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

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