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The John Harvard statue at Harvard University is a magnet for photographers.

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Snow globes from the Coop depicted Harvard Yard.

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Yale mascot Handsome Dan served as a bookend.

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Amistad Memorial marks the spot where Africans who seized the slave ship Amistad 1839 were jailed.

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Box 63 has become an institution at Yale since opening in summer 2011.

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Tommy Doyle's in Harvard Square.

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The modern art gallery in Yale University Art Gallery.

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A gallery at Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University.

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Fossil dinosaur skeletons at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.

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Union League Cafe in New Haven serves French brasserie fare.

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The flamboyant decor of Upstairs on the Square in Cambridge.

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Club Passim in Cambridge is an acoustic music venue.

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Toad's Place near the Yale campus.

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A marker on Cambridge Common showed where George Washington assumed command of American troops.

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Historic Louis' Lunch in New Haven.

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Diners at Mr. Bartley's Gourmet Burgers in Cambridge.