Following the "globe" tag on Atlas Obscura leads me to the Babson Globe in Wellesley, MA: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/babson-globe https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2112 And if you want to go to NYC: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-daily-news-building-globe-new-york-new-york

Lady of the Susquehanna [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mini-statue-of-liberty-harrisburg](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mini-statue-of-liberty-harrisburg) Bube's Brewery (specifically the Catacombs) [https://bubesbrewery.com/restaurants/catacombs/](https://bubesbrewery.com/restaurants/catacombs/) Ephrata Cloister [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-ephrata-cloister-ephrata-pennsylvania](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-ephrata-cloister-ephrata-pennsylvania) Wheatland [https://www.lancasterhistory.org/about-wheatland/](https://www.lancasterhistory.org/about-wheatland/) Shoe House [https://www.hainesshoehouse.com/](https://www.hainesshoehouse.com/) Oldest Tree

also go to Bancroft Castle in Groton, MA https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bancroft-castle

They actually tried to create utopia for rats… [Paradise…DOOMED. The real rats of NIMH](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-doomed-mouse-utopia-that-inspired-the-rats-of-nimh)

Neutaconkanut Park](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/neutaconkanut-hill-park), beautiful trails and an amazing view of the city from the top of the hill. Incredibly beautiful this time of year. [Blackstone Park](https://www.blackstoneparksconservancy.org/), smaller but still really

Remembering When America Banned Sliced Bread https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/america-banned-sliced-bread#:\~:text=So%20by%20January%2018%2C%201943,patience%20was%20already%20running%20thin

window at the Prague Castle](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/defenestration-of-prague-window).

browse through Atlas Obscura and see if you find anything interesting within a reasonable drive.. https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/pennsylvania/places

Earth is on a sea turtle in several mythologies](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/world-turtle-cosmic-discworld)

Here you go: https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/washington-dc

they saw was a religiously significant hill so [they compulsively built a church right on top.](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-great-pyramid-of-cholula-san-andres-cholula-mexico) So now there’s this awkward Spanish church on top of the excavated pyramid and they

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-raise-a-165-year-old-cat

electricity on the inside the hobbit house :) [here is a legit article about the hobbit house](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hobbit-house-at-brothers-greenhouses)

actual Windows XP background photo was taken in Sonoma, California according to [Atlas Obscura](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/location-of-the-microsoft-windows-xp-wallpaper)

drift in ways at least somewhat analogous to shifts in human language: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2021/11/how-do%20bird-songs-evolve-over-time/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bird-songs-changed-pandemic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/new-sparrow-birdsong-replaces-old-tune Edit: missing

Allen's Coffee Brandy, AKA a Madawaska Martini [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/allens-coffee-brandy-liqueur-maine](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/allens-coffee-brandy-liqueur-maine)

Atlas Obscura link from the sidebar has a lot of neat places (some abandoned, some not).. https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/pennsylvania/places

oxygen and low temperatures Some did perish, e.g., Joseph Croce-Spinelli and Théodore Sivel in 1875: [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-balloonists-of-pere-lachaise-cemetery](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-balloonists-of-pere-lachaise-cemetery)

recently saw this on [Atlas Obscura](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pennsylvania-potato-chips): "Hanover [Pennsylvania], and a few counties surrounding it, is the biggest producer of America’s favorite guilty pleasures. It is tempting to be scornful

Delaware beaches should be close. If you're looking for something different, check out Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com

sciencekitstore.com/sub-miniature-light-bulb-tiny-light-bulb-pack-of-100/) incandescent light made at UCLA! And then there’s this [fucking giant incandescent bulb](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/world-largest-light-bulb) That is to say, no when I said tiny bulb I did not mean

still not as bad as the [Nathan Bedford Forrest statue ](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ugly-nathan-bedford-forrest-statue). The artist is Jack Kershaw who was James earl rays lawyer and a proud white supremacists. The MLK one looks sorta better

part of it. Sadly, there are so many to choose from. Here’s an obvious one: [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ugly-nathan-bedford-forrest-statue](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ugly-nathan-bedford-forrest-statue)

fascinating. Will be thinking about it! In the meantime, check out this [museum in Berlin](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/museum-of-toxic-statues-berlin), which houses old toxic monuments and contextualizes them in new thoughtful ways

What church? [JFGI](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cathedral-of-salamancas-astronaut)

Fellows aren't Masons, but it's a similar sort of organization with unusual rites): https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/odd-fellows-found-skeletons

Cobra Scare of 1953.](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/missouris-great-escaped-snake-scare-of-1953)

used to love going over it as a kid in the car. https://bridgehunter.com/md/baltimore-city/bh79928/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/curtis-creek-ship-graveyard

willing to schlep to Boston, the [Mapparium](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mapparium) is definitely worth checking

Apparently it’s called [gendramorphy](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/two-color-lobsters.amp) where the chromosome development early on in embryonic development doesn’t happen correctly leading to one side having male sex organs and the other side having female

These were common sideshow attractions in the 1800s: [Banff Mermaid](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/banff-merman) [I saw this one in Tombstone, AZ](https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/33525) [Harvard's Figi Mermaid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeK40LXEIO4) Basically, you take a desiccated

death with garden hoes. This sounds made up but I promise you it's [entirely true](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/missouris-great-escaped-snake-scare-of-1953.amp).

Wonder if he ever ate muskrat. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/do-people-eat-rats

Atlas Obscura - Things to do in Virginia https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/virginia Or this book Weird Virginia: Your Travel Guide to Virginia's Local Legends and Best Kept ... https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Virginia-Virginias-Legends-Secrets/dp/1402739427