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Boston, Massachusetts

World's Largest Air-Insulated Van de Graaff Generator

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Added by dsewers
Boston, Massachusetts

Lucy Parsons Center

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.
Added by Sofy
Boston, Massachusetts

The Ether Dome

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Added by mbattles
Boston, Massachusetts

Rose Kennedy Rose Garden

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.
alinekaplan Added by alinekaplan
Boston, Massachusetts

Warren Anatomical Museum

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium Globe

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
michelle Added by michelle
Blairsville, Georgia

The Appalachian Trail Shoe Tree

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.
jessemiers Added by jessemiers
Rome, Georgia

The Labyrinth of Rome

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.
Added by tjenk
Atlanta, Georgia

Alpaca Treehouse

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.
jessemiers Added by jessemiers
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Botanical Garden

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.
anle531 Added by anle531
Atlanta, Georgia

Kendeda Building

This "living building" on Georgia Tech's campus is home to a blueberry orchard, honeybees, and more than 900 solar panels.
tjmuehleman Added by tjmuehleman
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Geek Partnership Society

A nerdcentric group and creators of the Nerd Prom.
Added by lizzieboyle
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hidden Beach

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.
Added by Apradhan
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Elf Door at Deming Heights Park

Enter the Forest of the Elves.
Added by lizzieboyle
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Orfield Labs Quiet Chamber

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
katiebaker4 Added by katiebaker4
St. Louis, Missouri

Lemp Mansion

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.
Added by salongmore
St. Louis, Missouri

1904 World's Fair Flight Cage

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.
Added by GrantL
St. Louis, Missouri

Venice Cafe

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.
Added by tonycompton
St. Louis, Missouri

Whispering Arch at Union Station

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
hana Added by hana
St. Louis, Missouri

Turtle Playground

This is not your typical jungle gym.
EmilyYaMei Added by EmilyYaMei
St. Louis, Missouri

City Museum

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Added by kosack
Ponce de Leon, Florida

Vortex Spring

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.
Mark Casey Added by Mark Casey
Asheville, North Carolina

Pritchard Park Drum Circle

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.
Meg Added by Meg
Asheville, North Carolina

Helen's Bridge

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.
amandanoblitt Added by amandanoblitt