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Webster, Massachusetts

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!
Dustin Stonecipher Added by Dustin Stonecipher
Beijing, China

The Forbidden City

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Added by Rob
New York, New York

MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
Laetitia Barbier Added by Laetitia Barbier
New York, New York

Union Square Metronome

The most confusing clock in New York.
Added by Henry
New York, New York

The High Line

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Added by Henry
Dobbs Ferry, New York

Old Croton Aqueduct Trail

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.
Added by Kim W
Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania

Hickory Run Boulder Field

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.
Added by williamjdeaton
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Added by msbruen
Trenton, New Jersey

Old Barracks Museum

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.
thomasharper Added by thomasharper
Hope, New Jersey

Jenny Jump State Forest

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.
Sarah Blake Added by Sarah Blake
Chester Township, New Jersey

Telephone Pole Farm

A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Chester, New Jersey

Cooper's Mill

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.
Added by JoelSimpson
Boonton Township, New Jersey

Tripod Rock

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.
Added by ravi
Cape May, New Jersey

Bunker At Cape May Point

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.
aboychuk Added by aboychuk
Flemington, New Jersey

Northlandz

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

The Deserted Village of Feltville

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.
Added by superfitz
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Science History Institute

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wagner Free Institute

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
michelle Added by michelle
Morristown, New Jersey

Morris Museum

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.
michelle Added by michelle
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Blaschka Glass Flowers

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Dylan Added by Dylan
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
Cambridge, Massachusetts

MIT Museum: Arthur Ganson

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
Added by mbison