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Native Rhode Islander living in Connecticut, and cataloging in a small town public library and dreaming of van life with my better half, Steve.
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The covered bridge where it all started

Sheffield, Massachusetts

Thom Reed UFO Monument Park

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

The main entrance.

Quincy, Massachusetts

First Dunkin' Donuts

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

The entrance to the sanctuary.

Goshen, Massachusetts

Three Sisters Sanctuary

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

Site of the Boston Massacre

Boston, Massachusetts

Site of the Boston Massacre

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The House of the Seven Gables

Salem, Massachusetts

House of the Seven Gables

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Plaque

Boston, Massachusetts

Great Boston Molasses Flood Plaque

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Edgar Allan Poe Square

Boston, Massachusetts

Edgar Allan Poe Square

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Brattle Book Shop.

Boston, Massachusetts

Brattle Book Shop

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

U.S. Mailboat Sophie C. heading out, circa 1995

Meredith, New Hampshire

U.S. Mailboat Sophie C

One of the two USPS mailboats left in service docks regularly at Weirs Beach, Bear Island, and other Lake Winnipesaukee islands to deliver their mail.

Walking the Puddle Dock neighborhood at the Strawbery Banke Museum.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Strawbery Banke

New Hampshire's first neighborhood is now preserved as a historic village with live action role players.

Steps to Nowhere

Concord, New Hampshire

Steps to Nowhere

All that remains of the former site of the final home of president Franklin Pierce.

Campanella/Newcombe Mural

Nashua, New Hampshire

1946 Nashua Dodgers Mural

This mural celebrates the early integration of a New Hampshire baseball team.

Site of the Pine Tree Riot

Weare, New Hampshire

Site of the Pine Tree Riot

One of the earliest—and most commonly forgotten—acts of rebellion against English rule.

The manhole, crowdfunded from an online campaign

Dover, New Hampshire

Birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.

Library portico

Peterborough, New Hampshire

Peterborough Town Library

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

New Hampshire historical marker for the Republic of Indian Stream

Pittsburg, New Hampshire

Republic of Indian Stream

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

The mural in all its 8-bit glory

Concord, New Hampshire

Donkey Kong Mural

A real-life hidden Easter Egg in New Hampshire's capital city

Racers in their pumpkins.

Goffstown, New Hampshire

Goffstown Giant Pumpkin Regatta

Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.

Gobbler's Knob

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Gobbler's Knob

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

Hindenburg Crash Site

Lakehurst, New Jersey

Hindenburg Crash Site

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard

Waterbury, Vermont

Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The Queens Giant, all 133 ft. of her.

Queens, New York

The Alley Pond Giant

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

The main house and adjacent garden before the restoration.

Glen Cove, New York

Welwyn Preserve

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

112 Ocean Avenue in 1973.

Amityville, New York

Amityville Horror House

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

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