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Burnside Fountain

Is known to locals as "Turtle-Boy". The fountain features a boy and a turtle engaged in what any reasonable observer would have to conclude is an obscene -- or at least nonconsensual -- act. Not many, if any, people know what it truly represents, so judge for yourself.

Getting there
on the south side of the Worcester Common

Listing from Wikivoyage: Worcester (Massachusetts), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.