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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Sudbury

7 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Sudbury, Massachusetts

Updated January 10, 2024

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Sky Bar

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.
Ford's Folly

Sudbury, Massachusetts

Ford's Folly

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.
The Redstone Schoolhouse

Sudbury, Massachusetts

The Redstone Schoolhouse

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.
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Sudbury, Massachusetts

Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.
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Sudbury, Massachusetts

Wayside Inn

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

Sudbury, Massachusetts

Sudbury Grinding Stone

Once an integral part of Native American life, very few of these communal New England stones have survived to the present day.

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The Inuit kayak from Robert Peary's 1896 expedition to Greenland is now on display at a local library.
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