Boston, Massachusetts
World's Largest Air-Insulated Van de Graaff Generator
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
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Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
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American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.
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A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
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Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
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This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
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On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.
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This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.
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The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.
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Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
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Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.
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The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
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The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
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This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
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Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
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A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.