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• February 2, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to Ether Monument
  

  Ether Monument

  Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia

  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

• February 2, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to Georges Island
  

  Georges Island

  Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor

  Georges Island was farmland until the United States Military bought it in 1825 in order to fortify the coastal defenses. When first built, Fort Warren was a modern fort with a searchlight station,... »

  Eccentric Homes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by boaz sender, Dylan and 5 others

• February 2, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to Emperor's Garden Restaurant
  

  Emperor's Garden Restaurant

  Boston's Best Dim Sum Housed in a Grand Old Theater

  Although the name of this restaurant is ambiguous (it reads Empire on one sign and Emperor on the other), there is one thing that is certain about this hidden treasure of a Chinese restaurant:... »

  Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by Sofy

• January 12, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to Eartha
  

  Eartha

  The world's largest rotating world

  Were you to drive on Maine's Interstate 295 through Yarmouth, it would be next to impossible to miss Eartha. Eartha, housed in a three-story glass gallery at DeLorme Headquarters, is the... »

  Small Worlds and Model Towns, Astounding Timepieces, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Dylan and michelle

• January 12, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to America's Stonehenge (Mystery Hill)
  

  New Hampshire, US

  America's Stonehenge (Mystery Hill)

  America's oldest archaeological site or muddled case of wishful thinking...

  America's Stonehenge or "Mystery Hill" comes with more questions then answers. Variously claimed to be a 4000 year old megalithic astronomical complex ancient built by megalithic Native... »

  Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, Incredible Ruins | Edited by A Facebook user

• January 12, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to The Edward Gorey House
  

  Massachusetts, US

  The Edward Gorey House

  Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home

  When the prolific illustrator and author Edward Gorey died in 2000, the floors of his home sagged under the weight of 25,000 books, several cats, assorted collections of eclectic items gathered... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Annetta

• January 12, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to Glacial Potholes
  

  Glacial Potholes

  Cool off in the 50 whirling pools of the Glacial Potholes in western Massachusetts

  The Glacial Potholes found on the Deerfield River, at the base of Salmon Falls in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts are a testament to the creative power of geological time, ice and rock. The... »

  Geological Oddities | Edited by Seth Teicher

• January 12, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to The Bridge of Flowers
  

  The Bridge of Flowers

  In the village of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, a bridge is groomed to bloom beautifully with flowers all summer long.

  The Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, touted as “the only one of its kind in the world,” is a 400-foot long bridge covered in flowers expertly planted to ensure they bloom... »

  Follies and Grottoes | Edited by Jacque

• January 12, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to Holy Land, U.S.A.
  

  Holy Land, U.S.A.

  An abandoned, religious-themed amusement park

  In the early 1950s John Baptist Greco, a staunch Roman Catholic, had a vision of a roadside theme park devoted to God. By the end of the decade, he had created exactly that: a theme park built to... »

  Ghost Towns, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Dylan, michelle and others

• January 12, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to Martini Junction
  

  Massachusetts, US

  Martini Junction

  Elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest

  Martini Junction is a model train built in the Needham Town Forest. It consists of 120 feet of track, supported in places by elaborate wooden supports, a station with a human-scale table and... »

  Small Worlds and Model Towns | Edited by Annetta, Dylan and others

• January 12, 2012 RoadTripNE has been to The Paul Revere House
  

  The Paul Revere House

  Oldest house in downtown Boston was once the home of Paul Revere

  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

• December 24, 2011 RoadTripNE added Santa's Land
  

  Santa's Land

  A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5, closed after more then 50 years

  Jack Poppele's life was long intertwined with Christmas. In 1922, Poppele began broadcasting from a homemade station in Newark, known as WOR. It was one of the nation’s first radio stations... »

  Unique Collections | Edited by RoadTripNE and Dylan