Editing Arlington, Massachusetts (section)

== Parks and historical sites ==
[[File:Hill's Pond, Monotomy Rocks Park, Arlington,Massachusetts.JPG|thumb|right|Hills Pond, Menotomy Rocks Park]]
[[File:ArlingtonTower.jpg|thumb|right|The water tower in Arlington Heights, built in 1921]]

* The '''[[Old Schwamb Mill]]''' is the oldest continuously-operating mill site in the United States. Founded by the Schwambs, who immigrated to the U.S. from Germany, the mill currently produces and sells museum-quality, hand-turned wooden oval and circular frames, created much as they were in 1864. Named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, the mill-museum is operated by a nonprofit educational trust that maintains the mill's traditions.
* Menotomy Rocks Park encompasses Hills Pond and has trails through the surrounding forested land.
* [[Robbins Farm Park]] along Eastern Avenue includes a playground, ball fields, a basketball court and a commanding view of the Boston skyline.
* [[Robbins Library]] contains the oldest continuously operated free children's library in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.robbinslibrary.org/about/history_of_the_library |title=History of the Library - Robbins Library |access-date=March 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322125156/https://www.robbinslibrary.org/about/history_of_the_library |archive-date=March 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A sculpture of the [[Menotomy Hunter]] by [[Cyrus Edwin Dallin|Cyrus Dallin]] can be found in an adjacent park.
* Spy Pond Park provides access to the northeastern shore of Spy Pond.
* The [[Arlington Center Historic District]], where the Robbins Library and Old Burying Ground are located, is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. It also contains the [[Arlington Town Hall]] and the [[Robbins Memorial Flagstaff]] that contains four bronze figural sculptures, a detailed base and a finial figure of agriculture by Cyrus Dallin.
* The [[Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum]] is a site dedicated to the artwork and sculpture of noted artist [[Cyrus E. Dallin]].
* The Great Meadow comprises both [[wet meadow]] swamp and forest right outside the border of Arlington. While the Great Meadow lies within the borders of [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]], the park is owned and maintained by the Town of Arlington.<ref>[http://foagm.org/About%20AGM.htm About AGM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903033329/http://foagm.org/About%20AGM.htm |date=September 3, 2013 }}. Foagm.org. Retrieved on August 16, 2013.</ref>
* The [[House at 5 Willow Court]]
* The [[Henry Swan House]], built in 1888, is a historic house at 418 Massachusetts Avenue. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.<ref>{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
* The [[Jason Russell House]] contains a museum that displays, among other items, a [[mastodon]] tusk found in Spy Pond in the late 1950s by a [[fisherman]] who originally thought he had brought up a tree branch.
* The [[Minuteman Bikeway]], a popular [[rail trail]] built in 1992, passes through various Arlington neighborhoods, including Arlington Center.
* The [[Prince Hall Mystic Cemetery]], the only black [[Freemason]] [[Cemetery]] in the country.
* The [[Uncle Sam Memorial Statue]] commemorates native son [[Samuel Wilson]], who was perhaps the original [[Uncle Sam]].
* The [[Arlington Reservoir (Arlington, Massachusetts)|Water tower at Park Circle]] is an exact copy of the rotunda of the ancient Greek Arsinoeon of the [[Samothrace temple complex#Description of the Sanctuary|Samothrace temple complex]].