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All the United States New Hampshire Hanover

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Hanover

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Hanover, New Hampshire

Updated May 31, 2012

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Hanover, New Hampshire

Panarchy Tomb Room

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.
One wall of The Epic of American Civilization

Hanover, New Hampshire

The Epic of American Civilization

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.
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The Happy Family or Fox and Rabbit. Both trickers and shape-shifter transgressors. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Main Street Museum

Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.
3 miles from Hanover
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Vermont Toy Museum

Hartford, Vermont

Vermont Toy Museum

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.
7 miles from Hanover
Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial

Royalton, Vermont

Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial

An obelisk marks the farmhouse where the founder of Mormonism was born.
12 miles from Hanover
Woodstock Town Crier

Woodstock, Vermont

Woodstock Town Crier

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.
12 miles from Hanover
Vermontasaurus

Thetford, Vermont

Vermontasaurus

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.
12 miles from Hanover
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