Boston, Massachusetts
Ether Monument
Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Boston, Massachusetts
American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.
Boston, Massachusetts
The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.
Boston, Massachusetts
Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Boston, Massachusetts
Radical Bookstore and Community Space.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.
New York, New York
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
New York, New York
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
New York, New York
Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.
Deadwood, South Dakota
Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Houghton, Michigan
The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.
Austin, Minnesota
Ever wanted to can Spam?
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.
Alma, Arkansas
Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.
Uvalde, Texas
A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Llano, Texas
This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.
Sulphur Springs, Texas
Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.
Fouke, Arkansas
The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.