Boston, Massachusetts
World's Largest Air-Insulated Van de Graaff Generator
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
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Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.
Portland, Oregon
This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.
Gold Beach, Oregon
This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.
Portland, Oregon
The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.
Ridgefield, Washington
The largest non-native tree in Washington
Longview, Washington
This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.
Portland, Oregon
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
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.
Lynn, Massachusetts
At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.
Boston, Massachusetts
An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Provincetown's night owls flock to this 52-year-old pizza joint.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Pay homage to the quintessential P-town dive.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
Medfield, Massachusetts
Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."
Salem, Massachusetts
"Try not to knock anything over!"