Dighton Rock State Park houses a tiny museum which encloses Dighton Rock, which has been moved from its original location at the waterline of the nearby Taunton River. The extensive petroglyphs on... »

Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by ivesian

The story of Lizzie Borden is a sad and hair-raising tale that lives on through her home that is now a bed and breakfast/museum in Fall River, Massachusetts. On August 4th, 1892 Andrew Borden... »

Odd Accommodations, Eccentric Homes | Edited by bboas and Annetta

In Jamaica Plain at the end of the orange line of Boston's MBTA train system, the Forest Hills Cemetery lies on 275 acres of green space. Known as Centered around a peaceful lake, the cemetery... »

Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by A Facebook user, atimian and others

Housed in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a permanent collection of wondrous and playful machines from MIT's former artist in residence, Arthur... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art, Unique Collections | Edited by Josh, pdarnows and 4 others

Also known as The Good Samaritan, Ether Monument is a statue and fountain located inside of Boston's Public Garden. The statue was erected to commemorate the use of ether in anesthesia and the New... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Inspired Inventions | Edited by Raychael and Nicholas Jackson

"Mortui Vivos Docent; The Dead Teach the Living." So said Dr. John Collins Warren. Like many medical men of his day, Dr. Warren collected anatomical and pathological specimens to help in his... »

Museums and Collections, Medical Museums, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

Elis F. Stenman started building his house in 1922 as anyone else would, with a timber frame, roof, and floors. But when this mechanical engineer and tinkerer began constructing the walls, he... »

Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan and wythe

The low-key, three-floor Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum embodies a woman who, for over three decades, assembled a collection of more than two thousand artifacts (paintings, sculptures, objects,... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Paul Revere was made famous by the eponymous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: “Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…” You probably already know that Paul... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Nicholas Jackson and others

Away from the busy city life of Boston, one can find Singing Beach, a place where the sand "sings." But before you get carried away with dreams of reenacting Tom Hanks ' scene of dancing on a... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by treeswithknees and Nicholas Jackson