Massachusetts
A link to one of Massachusetts’ oddest treasures remains locked in the Tufts University archives. While the ashes of P.T. Barnum’s famous elephant, Jumbo, a longtime Tufts mascot, remain in the athletic office as a source of good luck, Jumbo’s tail — saved following a 1975 fire at the university, where the pachyderm had been on display since 1885 — is neatly wrapped and kept in storage.