Bennington Battle Monument
A tribute to the Green Mountain Boys who fought in the 1777 Battle of Bennington.
For hundreds of years people have travelled here between the Hudson and Connecticut Rivers. The Northern Berkshires have grown at a crossroads, near cultural centers and yet independent. Our local history is steeped in courage, invention and endurance.
A tribute to the Green Mountain Boys who fought in the 1777 Battle of Bennington.
Historical novelties, self-taught and regional artists, and the largest public collection of Grandma Moses paintings.
The country home, studio and gardens of America’s foremost public sculptor, Daniel Chester French.
Tour the buildings, farm and gardens, meet baby animals in the spring, and savor the harvest in the fall.
Established in 1953, this is the national center for Herman Melville studies.
Herman Melville lived at his Pittsfield farm at Arrowhead was the from 1850 to 1863, while he wrote Moby-Dick. is the first National Historic Landmark to be designated in Berkshire County.
The Lincoln Family Home in Manhester, VT.
1920s home of the American poet.
Susan B. Anthony’s birthplace and museum.
The Mount is the historic home of the Pulitzer prizewinning and internationally beloved American novelist Edith Wharton, who designed the house and its grounds and wrote that she considered it her first real home.
Author Ann-Elizabeth Barnes honors Samual Harrison of the First Black Regiment to fight in the Civil War.
The history of the Thunderbolt trail features exhibitions and memorabilia.
This urban park uses historical artifacts to bring to life the controversial and danger-filled construction of the Hoosac Tunnel.
A research center dedicated the history of the most northwestern township of Massachusetts.
Explore the history of Williamstown on this walking tour of Central Williamstown.