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Leif Erikson Plaque 

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Leif Erikson Plaque 

An engraved granite slab claims to mark the location where Leif Erikson built his house in the year 1000.

Jason Russell House

Arlington, Massachusetts

Jason Russell House

Historic house still contains bullet holes from an overlooked battle of the American Revolution.

March 2026

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Alewife Garage Graffiti Gallery

A neglected and disused parking garage ramp has become home street artists to share their art.

American Heritage Museum

Hudson, Massachusetts

American Heritage Museum

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

Uncle Sam Memorial Statue

Arlington, Massachusetts

Uncle Sam Plaza

A tribute to Samuel Wilson, who may be the original "Uncle Sam."

The Emerson-Bromo Tower at night, lit from within.

Baltimore, Maryland

Bromo-Seltzer Arts Tower

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Progress City

Orlando, Florida

Progress City Model

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

Wright's Tower

Medford, Massachusetts

Wright's Tower

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

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”.

In the summer, the pond's shores are lush.

Concord, Massachusetts

Walden Pond

"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."

Paul Revere Capture Site

Lincoln, Massachusetts

Paul Revere Capture Site

This location holds the truth to what truly happened that faithful night.

The Gigantic Chair of Anniston

Anniston, Alabama

The Gigantic Chair of Anniston

What better place to take a seat?

A Rockwell B-1B strategic bomber is prepared for testing at Atlas-1 in 1989.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

ATLAS-I

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

'Cash for Your Warhol'

Cambridge, Massachusetts

'Cash for Your Warhol'

A small plaque promises cold, hard cash in exchange for work by the famous pop artist.

The Trophy Room Project
Permanently Closed

Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Trophy Room Project

An anonymous art project beneath Longfellow Bridge where hundreds of trophies line the steel support beams.

Thamas Magliozzi Plaque.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Magliozzi Plaque

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

World's End

Hingham, Massachusetts

World's End

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.

Paragon Carousel

Hull, Massachusetts

Paragon Carousel

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

The Dr. William F. McLaughlin Administration Building today.

Waltham, Massachusetts

Metropolitan State Hospital (MSH)

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

South tower

Dobbs Ferry, New York

St. Cabrini Novitiate

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea

Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts

Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Hammond Castle Museum

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Hammond Castle Museum

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Harvard Plaque on the History of the Smoot.

Boston, Massachusetts

Harvard Bridge Smoot Measurements

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

Rainbow Swash

Boston, Massachusetts

Rainbow Swash

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

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