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Roadtrip New England On the road in Boston & beyond, exploring the fun, interesting and odd of the northeast. Check us out on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/roadtrip_newengland/
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Igor Fokin Memorial Sculpture

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Igor Fokin Memorial Sculpture

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

A hawk perched atop the Pink House.
Permanently Closed

Newbury, Massachusetts

Plum Island Pink House

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

Burnside Fountain - Turtle Boy

Worcester, Massachusetts

Burnside Fountain - Turtle Boy

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

Quabbin Reservoir

Ware, Massachusetts

Quabbin Reservoir

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

Automotive Crank

Cambridge, Massachusetts

MIT Edgerton Center

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

Marker at the birthplace of Johnny Appleseed

Leominster, Massachusetts

Birthplace of Johnny Appleseed

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

Cocoanut Grove Fire Plaque

Boston, Massachusetts

Cocoanut Grove Fire Plaque

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

Site of St. Anthony's Feast

Boston, Massachusetts

Site of St. Anthony's Feast

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

Graves in the Standish Burial Ground

Duxbury, Massachusetts

Myles Standish Burial Ground

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

Somerville Round House

Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville Round House

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

Redemption Rock

Princeton, Massachusetts

Redemption Rock

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

Fisher Museum Forestry Dioramas

Petersham, Massachusetts

Fisher Museum Forestry Dioramas

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

Cosmic Moose and Grizzly Bear’s Ville

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cosmic Moose and Grizzly Bear’s Ville

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

The world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator demonstrates the power of electricity.

Boston, Massachusetts

World's Largest Air-Insulated Van de Graaff Generator

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The Mark I

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Mark I

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

The Frederick Law Olmsted designed Emerald Necklace at The Fenway Victory Gardens.

Boston, Massachusetts

Fenway Victory Gardens

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Front of Witch Rock

Rochester, Massachusetts

Witch Rock

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

North Truro Air Force Station
Permanently Closed

Truro, Massachusetts

North Truro Air Force Station

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

Busta Rhymes Island in March

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Busta Rhymes Island

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

The old and the new side by side

Boston, Massachusetts

Exchange Place Staircase to Nowhere

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

MIThenge

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Infinite Corridor

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

A mechanical collage at the museum.

Waltham, Massachusetts

Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

Boston's First Street

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston's First Street

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

Faneuil Hall

Boston, Massachusetts

Faneuil Hall

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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