educatorclaire's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

educatorclaire

Museum educator, pinball enthusiast, and lover of sea creatures. I've made a career out of teaching children the history of murdering both whales and people.

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Boston, Massachusetts

Bunker Hill Monument

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Added by mayormammoth

Boston, Massachusetts

Make Way for Ducklings Statue

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Added by Kavya Ram Mohan

Boston, Massachusetts

The Sacred Cod

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Boston, Massachusetts

The Earl of Sandwich

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

alinekaplan

Added by alinekaplan

Boston, Massachusetts

Tomb of the Mather Family

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Boston, Massachusetts

USS Constitution

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

jusTodd

Added by jusTodd

Boston, Massachusetts

Old North Church

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

Boston, Massachusetts

Copp's Hill Burying Ground

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

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.

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

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

Chicago, Illinois

The DNA Discovery Center

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

St. Louis, Missouri

Old St. Louis County Courthouse

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

chelseadeptula

Added by chelseadeptula

Western Folklife Center

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

'Rhyolite's District of Shadows'

A land of debatable treasure.

jase

Tom Kelly's Bottle House

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Albert Szukalski's Last Supper

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Henderson, Nevada

The Simpsons House

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Las Vegas, Nevada

High Roller

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Rhyolite Ghost Town

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Columbia, South Carolina

Tunnelvision

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

whitney8251

Added by whitney8251

Walterboro, South Carolina

Walterboro Water Tower

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

Mom0ja

Added by Mom0ja

Charleston, South Carolina

Fireproof Building and South Carolina Historical Society

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

whitney8251

Added by whitney8251

Charleston, South Carolina

Old Charleston City Jail

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

AndolinaH

Added by AndolinaH