Waterbury, Connecticut
Holy Land USA
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
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Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Leominster, Massachusetts
The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.
Groton, Massachusetts
On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.
Westford, Massachusetts
Supposed Massachusetts Grave of a pre-Columbus Knight Templar.
Leominster, Massachusetts
Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.
Leominster, Massachusetts
The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.
Sterling, Massachusetts
This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.
Westford, Massachusetts
A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.
Concord, Massachusetts
Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Clinton, Massachusetts
This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.
Concord, Massachusetts
The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.
Richmond, Virginia
A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.