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Boston, Massachusetts

Deer Island Great Hunger Memorial

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.
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Gardner, Massachusetts

S.K. Pierce Mansion

This historic Victorian mansion is allegedly so haunted that a signed waiver is required to enter.
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Greenfield, Massachusetts

Greenfield Money Tree

Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.
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Hudson, Massachusetts

United Memorial Chapel for All Faiths

One of the smallest churches in the United States is located along the side of the road in a residential neighborhood.
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Bangor, Maine

Thomas Hill Standpipe

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."
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Sudbury, Massachusetts

Sudbury Grinding Stone

Once an integral part of Native American life, very few of these communal New England stones have survived to the present day.
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Winthrop, Massachusetts

Deane Winthrop House

The oldest continuously inhabited private home in the United States.
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Sag Harbor, New York

Sag Harbor Cinema

This century-old independent movie theater with an iconic Art Deco neon sign survived a devastating fire in 2016.
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Framingham, Massachusetts

The Plymouth Church

Location of the first public performance and singing of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
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Boston, Massachusetts

The Liberty Hotel

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.
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Buffalo, New York

Fontana Boathouse

The only boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed was also the only unbuilt structure in his famous Wasmuth Portfolio, until 2007.
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Natick, Massachusetts

Natick Praying Indian Burying Ground

A small burial ground honoring Native American veterans of the Revolutionary War.
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Franklin, Massachusetts

Birthplace of Horace Mann

A stone marker dedicated to the “Father of American Education.”
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Sedgwick, Maine

Pushcart Press

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Hancock Shaker Village

Wander the sprawling living museum on the site of one of a 16th-century community.
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Ellsworth, Maine

Big Chicken Barn

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.
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Seattle, Washington

Nutcracker House

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.
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Framingham, Massachusetts

The Old Field of 1800

Two stone markers honor the Nipmuc people who first settled here millennia ago.
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Seattle, Washington

Northwest African American Museum

Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.
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Niagara Falls, Ontario

The Tunnel at Niagara Parks Power Station

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.
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Little Compton, Rhode Island

Gray's General Store

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.
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Fortuna Foothills, Arizona

Yuma Proving Grounds Open Air Museum

An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.
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Framingham, Massachusetts

Sarah Clayes House

A home built and settled by a refugee of the Salem Witch Trials.
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Ashland, Massachusetts

Ashland Witch Caves

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.
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