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March 4, 2011
A Facebook user
has been to The Ether Dome
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
The Ether Dome, in Boston, MA, was a working operating theater at the Massachusetts General Hospital between 1821 and 1868. Dr. William T.G. Morton, a Boston dentist, made medical history in this... »
Medical Museums, Mummies | Edited by mbattles and wythe
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March 4, 2011
A Facebook user
has been to Hood Milk Bottle
Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance
Standing 40 feet tall, this giant milk bottle sits next to the Boston Children’s Museum, just across the Fort Point Channel. In 1930, Arthur Gagner built the milk bottle next to his store to sell... »
Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by Sofy
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March 4, 2011
A Facebook user
has been to Lucy Parsons Center
Radical Bookstore and Community Space
Originally founded in 1969 as the "Red Book", this is one establishment that is not afraid to proclaim its political stance. Originally Maoist, today it is predominantly anarchist and entirely... »
Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Sofy
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March 4, 2011
A Facebook user
has been to Prague Astronomical Clock
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March 4, 2011
A Facebook user
has been to Mapparium
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935
In 1930, Boston architect Chester Lindsay Churchill was commissioned to design the new Christian Science Publishing Society headquarters to compete with the other grand newspaper headquarters of... »
Unusual Monuments, Small Worlds and Model Towns, Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Josh, Dylan and 2 others
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March 4, 2011
A Facebook user
has been to Boston's Old Burying Grounds
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death
"Stay! thou this tomb that passeth by,
And think how soon that thou may'st die..."
The morbid imagery on the headstones in Boston's oldest cemeteries—such as skulls and crossed bones, winged... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Annetta and wythe
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March 4, 2011
A Facebook user
has been to The Cemetery of the Danvers Hospital for the Criminally Insane
Basis for H.P. Lovcraft's Horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum, now a horrifying condo
Danvers State Hospital for the Criminally Insane opened in 1878 to serve some 600 mental patients under its imposing gothic spires. While it was built with a surprisingly caring and modern... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Dylan
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March 4, 2011
A Facebook user
has been to Stiltsville
Community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast
Florida is home to a whole lot more than just beaches and Disney World. The state is one of the worst hit by the foreclosure crisis that was considered a part of the recession of 2008-2009. The... »
Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Nicholas Jackson
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March 4, 2011
A Facebook user
has been to Miami Circle
A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time
Property developer Michael Bauman was in for a real surprise when he purchased a plot of land in downtown Miami in 1998. Bauman's plans for the land were seemingly simple: demolish a 1950-era... »
Lost Tribes, Long Now Locations, Incredible Ruins | Edited by anhie and Dylan
