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The Dutch House

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Brookline, Massachusetts

Last Known Whereabouts of Barbara Newhall Follett

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

Brookline, Massachusetts

Cypress Street Playground

The oldest playground in America.

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Boston, Massachusetts

Jamaica Pond Bench

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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Boston, Massachusetts

Warren Anatomical Museum

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

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Boston, Massachusetts

Lucy Parsons Center

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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Boston, Massachusetts

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (The Gardner)

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman with an addiction.

1 mile from Brookline

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