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All the United States Massachusetts Watertown

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Watertown

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

Updated November 8, 2016

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Armenian clothes

Watertown, Massachusetts

Armenian Museum of America

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.
Julia Ward Howe’s grave.

Watertown, Massachusetts

Julia Ward Howe's Grave

The final resting place of a suffragist author.
Permanently Closed
“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."
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Wooden water pipes

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.
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John Eliot Memorial

Newton, Massachusetts

John Eliot Memorial

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.
1 mile from Watertown
Star Market jutting out over the highway

Newton, Massachusetts

Star Market

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.
1 mile from Watertown
Mt. Auburn Cemetery

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mount Auburn Cemetery

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
1 mile from Watertown
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