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Melpha

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I live in a home where the motto is "we've driven farther for stupider". That pretty much covers it!

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Plaque commemorating the fake altercation.

Lowell, Massachusetts

Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs Fight Plaque

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

The World War II gallery at the American Heritage Museum

Hudson, Massachusetts

American Heritage Museum

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

The Toll House Inn

Whitman, Massachusetts

The Toll House Inn

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

Herreshoff Castle

Marblehead, Massachusetts

Herreshoff Castle

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

Bradford College period facade (via This Place I Know)

Haverhill, Massachusetts

Bradford College

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

Old Burial Ground

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Old Burial Ground

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

Jim Metcalf at Martini Junction

Needham, Massachusetts

Martini Junction

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

Artist's signature

Saugus, Massachusetts

Skull Cliff

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

Retro Pop Shop

Lee, Massachusetts

Retro Pop Shop

Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.

The Percy Skuy Collection on the History of Contraception

East Cleveland, Ohio

The Percy Skuy Collection on the History of Contraception

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

Mammoth Cave

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Mammoth Cave

The world's longest known cave system.

Waverly Hills Sanitorium

Louisville, Kentucky

Waverly Hills Sanatorium

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

Large taxidermy lion

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Twelve Vultures

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

The Equality House before it was remodeled.

Topeka, Kansas

Equality House

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

The swing ride

Rock, West Virginia

Lake Shawnee Amusement Park

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

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