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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Brookline

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Brookline, Massachusetts

Updated May 31, 2017

Unusual Attractions in Brookline

Brookline, Massachusetts

The Dutch House

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Brookline, Massachusetts

Last Known Whereabouts of Barbara Newhall Follett

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

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Cypress Street Playground

The oldest playground in America.

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Dr. Sidney Farber and "Jimmy" Statue

Commemorating the 1948 creation of the Jimmy Fund, a Boston-based cancer charity.

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Jamaica Pond Bench

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

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Warren Anatomical Museum

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

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Lucy Parsons Center

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

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