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Framingham, Massachusetts

Graves of John Cloyce & Abraham Rice

In 1777, two men were killed after being struck by lightning at the same time.
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Milford, Massachusetts

Milford Irish Round Tower

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.
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Holliston, Massachusetts

Holliston Moon Tree

This American Sycamore was grown from seeds that accompanied the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.
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Whitman, Massachusetts

The Toll House Inn

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.
Added by mattyice
Natick, Massachusetts

Natick Praying Indian Burying Ground

A small burial ground honoring Native American veterans of the Revolutionary War.
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Ashland, Massachusetts

The Devil's Den

This cave was once thought to be a hiding place for the devil.
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Ashland, Massachusetts

Ashland Witch Caves

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.
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Sanca, British Columbia

Boswell Embalming Bottle House

This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.
Added by MattB
Union, Connecticut

Traveler Restaurant

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
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New Hartford, Connecticut

Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?
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Springfield, Massachusetts

Barney Family Mausoleum

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.
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Vernon, Vermont

Tiny Bread Box

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.
Added by gjarvis86
Holyoke, Massachusetts

Holyoke Heritage State Park

The home of an antique carousel still in operation.
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Holyoke, Massachusetts

Dinosaur Footprints of Holyoke

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.
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Heath, Massachusetts

Burnt Hill Stone Circle

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.
Added by tomdmorganti
Montague, Massachusetts

The Montague Book Mill

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.
Added by Outrider
Lee, Massachusetts

Santarella

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
Salem, Massachusetts

Black Veil Shoppe of Drear & Wonder

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.
Added by Peterboy
Danvers, Massachusetts

Salem Village Parsonage

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.
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Somerville, Massachusetts

Museum of Modern Renaissance

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.
Added by jooltman
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Forbes Pigment Collection

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.
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Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Glacial Potholes

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.
Seth Teicher Added by Seth Teicher
Holyoke, Massachusetts

Eyrie House Ruins

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
Added by cherv33
Boston, Massachusetts

The Ether Dome

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Added by mbattles