Gloucester, Massachusetts
Dogtown & Babson Boulder Trail
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.
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Gloucester, Massachusetts
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.
Paris, France
A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.
Paris, France
Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.
Franconia, New Hampshire
A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.
Laconia, New Hampshire
The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.
Providence, Rhode Island
Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.
Worcester, Massachusetts
A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.
Lowell, Massachusetts
A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.
Lincoln, Massachusetts
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
Hull, Massachusetts
Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."
Boston, Massachusetts
The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.
Boston, Massachusetts
A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.
Boston, Massachusetts
Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
Newton, Massachusetts
This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.
Bronx, New York
The famous author's cottage hideaway.