BrandyBacon's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

BrandyBacon

Traveler, adventure-seeker, adrenaline junkie, I do it all, I love it all, I want to see it all. Sometimes the most extra-ordinary experience is in the most ordinary of places.

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Places visited in Salem, Massachusetts

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Places added to Woonsocket, Rhode Island

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Places edited in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

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Places visited in Rhode Island

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Places visited in Newport, Rhode Island

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Places visited in Worcester, Massachusetts

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Quincy, Massachusetts

Spectacle Island Sea Glass Beaches

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

kastoory

Added by kastoory

Boston, Massachusetts

Copp's Hill Burying Ground

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Pooh's House

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

Added by cwhitenockleby

Boston, Massachusetts

Skinny House

Narrowest house in Boston.

Lynn, Massachusetts

Dungeon Rock

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Boston, Massachusetts

Site of the Boston Massacre

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Springfield, Massachusetts

Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Added by gcking

Boston, Massachusetts

Old North Church

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Springfield, Massachusetts

Dr. Seuss Museum

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Added by Kavya Ram Mohan

Lincoln, Massachusetts

Ponyhenge

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Ophelia Ravenia

Added by Ophelia Ravenia

Newton, Massachusetts

Echo Bridge

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Josh

Lowell, Massachusetts

The Mysterious Witch Bonney

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

Sandwich, Massachusetts

The Bulb River

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Boston, Massachusetts

Great Boston Molasses Flood Plaque

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

michelle

Added by michelle

Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Glacial Potholes

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

Seth Teicher

Added by Seth Teicher

Boston, Massachusetts

Ruins of Schoolmaster Hill

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Added by katesoeser

Medfield, Massachusetts

Medfield State Hospital

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

kendrawashere

Added by kendrawashere

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Dogtown & Babson Boulder Trail

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

remlee

Added by remlee

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

KHotspur

Added by KHotspur

Holyoke, Massachusetts

Eyrie House Ruins

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Added by cherv33

Danvers, Massachusetts

Salem Village Witchcraft Victims Memorial

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Mount Washington, Massachusetts

Bash Bish Falls

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Boston, Massachusetts

Kelleher Rose Garden

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Added by katesoeser

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston's Old Burying Grounds

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black