Boston, Massachusetts
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (The Gardner)
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...
Woodstock, Vermont
An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.
Columbus, Ohio
A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.
Columbus, Ohio
A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.
Zionsville, Indiana
A collection of over 2000 air-moving devices of all kinds displayed in the Fanimation headquarters.
Bloomington, Indiana
A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.
Bloomington, Indiana
A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.
Sudbury, Ontario
Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.
North Fremantle, Australia
Visible from both land and sea.
Shrewsbury, Vermont
Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?
Sudbury, Massachusetts
This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.
Needham, Massachusetts
An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.
Amherst, Massachusetts
The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."
Columbia, Pennsylvania
North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Lexington, Virginia
This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.
Staunton, Virginia
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
Staunton, Virginia
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.