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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Newton

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Newton, Massachusetts

Updated December 16, 2020

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Echo Bridge

Newton, Massachusetts

Echo Bridge

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.
Star Market jutting out over the highway

Newton, Massachusetts

Star Market

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.
Battle Dioramas at Newton City Hall

Newton, Massachusetts

Battle Dioramas at Newton City Hall

These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.
John Eliot Memorial

Newton, Massachusetts

John Eliot Memorial

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.
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Evolution of the sink

Watertown, Massachusetts

The Plumbing Museum

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.
2 miles from Newton
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"A Very Still Life" by Jack Kevorkian

Watertown, Massachusetts

Art of Jack Kevorkian

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."
2 miles from Newton
Armenian clothes

Watertown, Massachusetts

Armenian Museum of America

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.
2 miles from Newton
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