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Littleton, New Hampshire

Chutters Candy Store

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.
The Minx Added by The Minx
Brookline, New Hampshire

Andres Institute of Art and Sculpture Garden

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.
Roscoe, New York

Agloe, New York

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Beacon, New York

Zelda Fitzgerald's Abandoned Sanatorium

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fox & Son Fair Foods

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Foucault Pendulum at the Franklin Institute

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.
hana Added by hana
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Shane Confectionery

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.
Added by ljburmeister
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tiffany Glass Mural "The Dream Garden"

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Purcell-Cutts House

A notable example of Prairie School architecture that disregarded Victorian concepts about room divisions and featured a long, narrow floor plan.
Added by rbedeaux
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hahn/Cock

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Dublin, Ireland

Samuel Beckett Bridge

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.
Added by OKonheim
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dr. Tumblety's Time-Inspired Specialty Shop

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.
cvmcm Added by cvmcm
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Conflict Kitchen

permanently closed
A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.
Added by Sofy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Westinghouse Atom Smasher

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.
AceofStace Added by AceofStace
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Loretto Chapel

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Boston, Massachusetts

Quentin Compson Memorial

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.
Added by AmandaFerry
Barnet, Vermont

Harvey's Lake: Home of Jacques Cousteau's First Dive

The place where the great marine explorer first learned to work underwater is not where you'd expect.
Danville, Vermont

The Forgotten Village at Greenbank's Hollow

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.
Danville, Vermont

American Society of Dowsers

The national headquarters of the dowser’s society founded in 1961.
Added by snailhugs
St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Glover, Vermont

The Museum of Everyday Life

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.
Amanda Levinson Added by Amanda Levinson
Hanover, New Hampshire

The Epic of American Civilization

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.
JWOcker Added by JWOcker
Hanover, New Hampshire

Panarchy Tomb Room

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.
JWOcker Added by JWOcker
White River Junction, Vermont

Main Street Museum

Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.