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Mapparium Globe

Boston, MA

A three-story stained-glass globe built in 1935 lets visitors walk through the center of a frozen-in-time world map. Because the political boundaries were never updated, countries such as Siam and the Soviet Union remain on the glass, while the sphere's acoustics create a dramatic whispering-gallery effect.

Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.

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Source: marybakereddylibrary.org/visit/

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