Cambridge, Massachusetts
Leif Erikson Plaque
An engraved granite slab claims to mark the location where Leif Erikson built his house in the year 1000.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
An engraved granite slab claims to mark the location where Leif Erikson built his house in the year 1000.
Arlington, Massachusetts
Historic house still contains bullet holes from an overlooked battle of the American Revolution.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A neglected and disused parking garage ramp has become home street artists to share their art.
Hudson, Massachusetts
One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.
Arlington, Massachusetts
A tribute to Samuel Wilson, who may be the original "Uncle Sam."
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.
Orlando, Florida
A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.
Medford, Massachusetts
Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."
Medford, Massachusetts
The monument is inscribed, "To Sagamore John and those Mystic Indians Whose Bones Lie Here”.
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."
Lincoln, Massachusetts
This location holds the truth to what truly happened that faithful night.
Anniston, Alabama
What better place to take a seat?
Albuquerque, New Mexico
This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A small plaque promises cold, hard cash in exchange for work by the famous pop artist.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
An anonymous art project beneath Longfellow Bridge where hundreds of trophies line the steel support beams.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'
Hingham, Massachusetts
Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.
Hull, Massachusetts
The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.
Waltham, Massachusetts
Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Boston, Massachusetts
In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.
Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.