Danbury, Connecticut
John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant
After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.
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Danbury, Connecticut
After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.
Pawling, New York
This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.
Berlin, Massachusetts
The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.
Lowell, Massachusetts
According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.
Dover, New Hampshire
A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.
Kennebunkport, Maine
The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.
Freeport, Maine
When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.
Alna, Maine
Preserving the memory of the narrow railroads that once crisscrossed the state of Maine.
Brunswick, Maine
This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.
Oslo, Norway
This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.
Rockland, Maine
On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.
Portland, Maine
The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Bucksport, Maine
A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.
Woodbury, Connecticut
A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.
Los Angeles, California
Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.
London, England
It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.
London, England
A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.