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All the United States Massachusetts Brookline

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Brookline

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

Updated May 31, 2017

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The Dutch House

Brookline, Massachusetts

The Dutch House

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.
Knopf publicity photo, 1926

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.
Cypress Street Playground

Brookline, Massachusetts

Cypress Street Playground

The oldest playground in America.
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Dr. Farber and Jimmy

Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Sidney Farber and "Jimmy" Statue

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

Boston, Massachusetts

Warren Anatomical Museum

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

Lucy Parsons Center

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.
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Jamaica Pond Bench

Boston, Massachusetts

Jamaica Pond Bench

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