Not the Usual Tourist Attractions,
Just the Very Best of New England for Discriminating Travelers
Rich in history, culturally diverse, beautiful scenery and easy driving distances,
a self-drive tour of New England by car is the perfect holiday in the USA.
Drive only 2 1/2 hours from New York's airports to central Connecticut.
Or drive only 2 1/2 hours from Montreal's airports to central Vermont.
New York to Boston is 4 hours.
Boston to Central Vermont is 3 1/2 hours; 2 hours more to Montreal.
All the while you will be enjoying scenic countryside.
 Note: This New England travel planner was created by the innkeeper at the Governor's House in Hyde Park to help discriminating travelers find the best sights and events which interets them and create their own driving tours of New England. Each list has been prioritized by the preferences of the innkeeper who is a New England native, ex-school teacher, and inveterate traveler who knows New England well. The list of recommendations for children has been well tested. We at the Governor's House are happy to use our experience to help you personally plan a self-drive route that includes what you'll enjoy most and, of course, a stay with us.
Some parts of this page are still under construction.
We apologize for any inconvenience and
hope you'll check back soon.
CONNECTICUT
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Mystic Seaport Museum
American maritime history, whaling aboard the Charles W. Morgan, kids' sailing programs, harbor cruises in classic boats, wooden boat building, summer theater.
75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic
860-572-5391 or 888-973-2767
www.mysticseaport.org
The Mashantucket Pequot Museum
4000 years of Native American history.
110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket
800-441-9671
Wed. - Sat. 10:00 - 4:00, closed holidays
www.pequotmuseum.org
Town of Essex
Charming, classic small town beside the Connecticut River.
www.EssexCT.com
 The Connecticut River Museum on the water at the end of Main Street houses the Revolutionary War submarine, the Turtle, and offers afternoon and evening sailing cruises aboard a schooner.
www.ctrivermuseum.org
Dine at the Griswold Inn on Main Street which opened in 1776.
www.GriswoldInn.com
Essex Steam Train and River Boat
Vintage steam engines and passenger cars chug along through scenic countryside along the Connecticut River.
Valley Railroad Co., Railroad St., Essex
860-767-0103
www.essexsteamtrain.com
Goodspeed Opera House
An 1867 opera house on the shore of the Connecticut River is home to the American musical and the birthplace of Annie and
Man of La Mancha.
6 Main Street, East Haddam
860 873-8668
www.goodspeed.org
Deep River Ancient Fife and Drum Muster
Since 1953, but reenacting an 1879 event, the annual parade and muster of up to 70 fife and drum corps from all over the country is held on the third Saturday of July. Reenacters, refreshments.
Davitt's Field, Main. St., Deep River
www.CTRiverValley.com
Yale Center for British Art
The largest collection of British art outside the United Kingdom.
1080 Chapel St., New Haven
203 432-2800
Tues. - Sat. 10:00 - 5:00, Sun. noon to 5:)
www.ycba.yale.edu
Yale Art Gallery
Among the impressive collection, you'll recognioze some things from your American history book.
Free admission.
1111 Chapel St., New Haven
203 432-0600
Tues. - Sat. 10:0 - 5:00, Sun. 1:00 - 6:00
Thurs. until 8 p.m. Sept. - June
www.artgallery.yale.edu
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Painting, sculpture, and American decorative arts. An impressive collection of Hudson River School paintings and the large canvases produced by Jonathan Trumbull for the US capital. The studies for these are on display at the Yale Art Gallery and make an interesrting comparision.
Nice museum cafe.
600 Main. St., Hartford
Mon. - Fri. 11:00 - 5:00, Sat. & Sun. 10:00 - 5:00, 1st Thurs. of the month until 8:00 p.m.
www.wadsworthatheneum.org
The Mark Twain House
Guided tours of the author's Victorian mansion.
351 Farmington Ave., Hartford
Mon. - Sat. 9:30 - 5:30, Sun. noon - 5:30
closed Tuesdays, January - March
Visit Harriet Beecher Stowe's house next door.
www.marktwainhouse.org
www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org
White Flower Farm
Shopping, display gardens, gardening events.
167 Litchfield Rd., Morris
(Route 63, Litchfield)
800 503-9624
www.whiteflowerfarm.com
R J Julia Booksellers
Independent bookseller with many store events in the charming shoreline town of Madison.
768 Boston Post Road (Route 1), Madison
Mon. - Sat. 10:00 - 8:00, Sun. 10:00 - 6:00
203 245-3959, 800 747-3237
www.rjjulia.com
Monte Cristo Cottage
This Victorian cottage was the home of America's only Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill.
325 Pequot Avenue, New London CT 860-443-5378
Check the website for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford for production schedule.
www.oneilletheatercenter. org/visit
The Golden Lamb Buttery
A delicious prix-fixe feast which abounds with
local produce in a gracious country setting.
499 Wolf Den Rd., Brooklyn
860 774-4423
www.thegoldenlamb.com
Other resources:
Connecticut Art Trail: www.arttrail.org
RHODE ISLAND
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Newport
Charming cobble-stoned down-town and wharf, sailing center, wonderful architecture, the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and the famous Cliff Walk to enjoy.
Newport Mansions
 Marble House, The Breakers and Rosecliff are just three of the great houses of the Colonial and Victorian periods and "summer cottages" for the very wealthy from the opulant Guilded Age which are maintined by the Preservation Society of Newport County. They are open for public viewing and also used as venues for musical events. Some are decked out in period holiday decoarations and there are evening holiday tours which include music and refreshments. www.newportmansions.org.
Newport Folk Festival
Fort Adams State Park
Annually in August
www.folkfestival50.com
Newport Jazz Festival
Fort Adams State Park/ International Tennis Hall of Fame
Annually in August
www.jazzfestival55.com
 Cliff Walk
This national recreational trail within a national historic district is a unique combination of ocean-side nature trail and spectacular archirectural. Begin at Easton's Beach and watch for uneven places and poison ivy.
www.cliffwalk.com
Block Island
This small island with lots of beach and clean, clear water might be the best place to sample New England's fresh seafood. It was originally inhabited by Naragansett Indians, discovered in 1614 by a Dutch explorer named Adrian Block, settled in 1661, and used for keeping a lookout for British ships during the Revolution. Rumor has it that Captain Kidd buried some of his treasure there. There are regular ferries form several places and a daily twelve-minute flight from Westerly, Rhode Island. Leave your car on the mainland and rent a bike. There are several places for overnight accomodation including the 1854 Spring House.
www.blockisland.com or www.blockislandinfo.com.
MASSACHUSETTS
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Boston and the Freedon Trail
The Boston Freedom Trail was created over 50 years ago and has grown to 2.5 miles of red-brick path through the city connecting 16 nationally significant historic sites including museums, churches, meeting houses, parks, a ship, Paul Revere's house and others, and Faneuil Hall with its bustling market and waterfront.
www.thefreedomtrail.org
The John Hancock Tower of 62 stories has an observatory which gives a good panorama of the city and a display which shows how Boston grew and changed shape as the hills were used to fill in the back bay which explains the need for Paul Revere's Ride at the opening battles of the Revolutionary War.
200 Clarendon Street 617-247-1977
The Boston Pops Orchestra has its summer home at Tanglewood in the Berkshires, but does a series of free concerts in the Hatch Memorial Shell along the Charles River early in the season, including the famous Fourth of July Concert featuring Tchaicovsky's 1812 Overature with church bells and cannon. Perfect for picnic suppers, but get there early. See Lenox information below.
www.bso.org
Museum of Fine Arts
 Some of the most rare and important artistic treasures in the world are in the collection of more than 450,000 objects and many paintings will be recognizable from American history textbooks.
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
617-1267-9300 www.mfa.org
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is three floors around a courtyard and houses her impressive personal collection of art.
Tuesday - Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
280 The Fenway 617-566-1401 www.gardnermuseum.org
Concord
Scene of the "Shot Heard Round the World" that sparked the American Revolution, center of the ninteenth century transendentalist movement, home of Emerson, Hawthorn, the Alcotts, and others, and the place where Thoreau built his cabin at Walden Pond, Concord is a charming New England town very rich in history.
www.concordma.com
The Concord Museum has a good collection of author-related items and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial House right across the street gives tours.
Lexington Road & Cambridge Turnpike
978-369-9609 www.concordmuseum.org
Visiting Orchard House where Louia May Alcott grew up and dramatized with her family is a little like stepping into Little Women.
399 Lexingon Road
978-369-4116 www.louisamayalcott.org
Walden Pond is no longer the peaceful retreat it was when Henry David Thoreau built his cabin there in 1845, but you can swim, fish, kayak or canoe and hike in summer or cross-cocuntry ski and snowshoe in winter, including a hike (or ski) to a recreation of the cabin. Thoreau's Path on Brister's Hill is a one-mile, self-guided, interpretive trail through Walden Woods.
915 Walden Street (Route 126)
978-369-3254 www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/walden www.Walden.org
 It is possisble to rent a canoe or kayak and paddle to the North Bridge, scene of the first battle of the American Revolution and made famous by Longfellow's poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere ". Then walk to the visitors' center or to Nathaniel Hawthorne's home, The Old Manse.
Concord Canoe Rentals
496 Main Street (Route 62)
978-369-9438 www.CanoeConcord.com
The Concord Bookshop is worth a visit.
65 Main Street
978-371-2672 www.concordbookshop.com
Concord Bike Tours will provides a unique way to see the sites.
978-697-1897 www.concordbiketours.com.
The Minute Man Visitor Center in Lexington is a good place to begin your visit to the historic sites in 1775. Massachusetts celebrates Patriots' Day each April 19th with reenacted battles.
Minute Man National Historical Park, Route 2A
781-674-1920 www.nps.gov/mima
Plimoth Plantation
A recreated 1627 village staffed with knowledgable costumed roll-players who tell the story of the earliest English settlement in New England and the birthplace of our Thanksgiving holiday. The Wompanoag Homesite is a recreated Native American settlement. The Mayflower II is a reproduction of the ship which carried the Pilgrims from Plymouth, England in 1620.
Open March - November.
A great place to celebrate Thanksgiving (3rd Thursday in November) with either their traditional Victorian turkey dinner or the typical meal of 1650 which comes with entertainment, but no forks.
Note: The spelling of the modern town is Plymouth.
137 Warren Auenue
508-746-1622 www.plimoth.org
Old Sturbridge Village
Experience life in the New England of 1830 in this village created with authentic period buildings. Costumed historians portray farmers, housewives, blacksmiths, millers, soldiers and others. Special activites and events showcase the extensive collection. Wagon and stagecoach rides. Farm animals. Food is available in the tavern or the bake shop. Nice book and gift shop. Open year round except winter Mondays.
Route 20, Sturbridge
 800-733-1830 www.osv.org
Close by is the Publick House, an inn built in 1771 with traditional dining and guest rooms.
508-347-7323 www.publickhouse.com
Lenox
Nestled in the gently rolling Bershire Hills of Western Massachusetts, Lenox was the summer home of many wealthy turn-of-the-last-century families. The beautiful quiet countryside still exists, but now also offers a home to many visual and performing artists.
www.lenox.org
 Tanglewood is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is the beautiful setting for symphonic, chamber, popular artist and jazz performances weekdays and weekends throughtout the summer. Several venues have indoor seating, but the grounds are perfect for picnicing.
www.bso.org
Shakespeare and Company
30 years of Shakespeare productions. A schedule which includes many plays on several indoor and outdoor stages, morning, noon, and night. There are free family performances, orest trails to stroll and grounds for picnicing. JUne through October.
70 Kemble Steet, Lenox
413-637-3353 www.shakespeare.org
 The Mount
An expert on architecture, interior deisgn, and gardens, the author Edith Wharton herself designed the formal gardens around her elegant 1902 mansion, visited by her friend Henry James who penned
The American Scene in one of its guestrooms.
Summer lecture series. Cafe.
2 Plunkett Street, Lenox
413-551-5100 www.edithwharton.org
Norman Rockwell Museum
A large collection of Norman Rockwell's art and his studio.
Open May - October.
Route 183, Stockbridge
413-298-4100 www.nrm.org
Chesterwood
The home studio and garden of Daniel Chester French, sculpter best known for the statue of Abraham Lincoln in Wasgington DC's Lincoln Memorial depicted on the US penny.
Open 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. May to October
4 Wiliamsville Road, Stockbridge
413-298-3579 www.chesterwood.org
Hancock Shaker Village
200-year-old Shaker site with 20 historic buildings, working farm, herb gardens, and craft demonstrations. Talks on Shaker life, worship, agriculture and technology, and Shaker suppers.
Hiking and cross-country ski trails and guided walks.
Buildings open April - Oct.
Route 20, Pittsfield
413-443-0188 www.hancockshakervillage.org
Arrowhead
Herman Melville's country home where Moby Dick was written. It was immortalized in the short story "The Chimney"
780 Homles Road, Pittsfield
413-442-1793 www.mobydick.org
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
The largest collection of comtemporary art in the country is housed in a Ninteenth Century factory building.
87 Marshall Street, North Adams
413-664-4481 www.massmoca.org
Deerfield
In the 1700's, Deerfield was the frontier and the region is still called the Pioneer Velley. The small village of Deerfield is a brilliant example of 18th Century architecture and it is possible to visit many of the beautiful houses as well as the visitor center.
The Deerfield Inn
Richardson's Candy Kitchen
This family-run business is home to delicious specialty candies, hand-dipped chocolates, original recipe fudge and seasonal specialties like chocolarte-covered strawberries and chocolate caramel apples.
Route 5 & 10, Deerfield
413-772-0443 www.richardsonscandy.com
Salem
Salem was a thriving commercial port during the age when clipper ships plied the oceans of the world and there are many examples of architecture that survived from that time of wealth as well as some from the 1600's when Salem gained notoriety for it witch trials.
The House of the Seven Gables
Salem MA http://www.
To download a walking tour of Hawthorne's Salem, go to www.nps.gov/sama.
Nantucket & Vineyeard
Two islands off the Massachusetts coast with a lot of charm, great beaches and often a lot of summer visitors. Both are delightful in the fall. There are ferries and commercial flights.
Martha's Vineyard is the closer. Buses connect the six towns so leave your car on the mainland and rent a bike on the island. Edgartown is an old port known for sailing. Oak Bluffs has many prettily-painted Victorian houses and the nation's oldest carousel. Fresh seafood abounds.
www.mvy.com
- Nantucket is the name of the island and also the town which was an early whaling port and still retains much of the character of the time with beautiful old houses and cobbled streets leading away from the wharf.
www.nantucketchamber.org
The Whaing Museum
Longfellow House
Built in 1759, the classic georgian mansion was General Washington's headquarters during the American Revolution. Almost a century later, it was home to Henry Wadsworth oLngfellow and a gathering place for friends including Thoreau, Emerson, Hawthorn, and Dickens.
105 Brattle Street, Cambridge
617-876-4491 www.nps.gov/long
Northampton
A classic, lively college town with lots of good places to eat. The Norwottuck Rail-Trail is a ten-mile, wheel-chair accessible bike trail which follows the old railroad bed across the Connecticut River and on to the town of Amherst.
Emily Dickinson Museum
A 90-minute guided tour of the Homestead and The Evergreens starts at the Visitor Center. "This was a Poet" is a 40-minute introductiion to the peotry of Enily Dickinson. The grounds are open free of charge during museum hours and there is a self-guided audio tour to accompany your walk.
March through December, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; closed some holidays.
Main Street, Amherst
www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Changing exhibits showcase the illustrations of Eric Carle and other artists.
125 West Bay Road, Amherst
413-658-1100 www.picturebookart.org
  Longfellow's Wayside Inn
In 1862 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow visited this inn that started as a stagecoach stop in 1716 and used it for his book of poems, Tales of a Wayside Inn which includes his famous "Paul Revere's Ride". Today there is a restaurant, tap room, bake shop, and ten guest rooms as well as lovely grounds and a grist mill.
72 Wayside Inn Road, off Route 20, Sudbury
978-443-1776 www.wayside.org
Brimfield Antiques Fair
Route 7, Sterling
VERMONT
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Shelburne Museum
Superb collection of American design on 45 acres: fine
art and folk art. Something for everyone from samplers, toys and teacups
to covered bridges, locomotives and lighthouses, a Rembrant, and a working carousel. Recent special exhibits have included Mary Cassatt's paintings and the glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Open 10 - 5 daily,
May 1 - October 31. $18, children $9.
1511 Harbor Road, Shelburne, just south of Burlington
802 985-3346 www.shelburnemuseum.org
Near-by Shelburne Farms on the shores of Lake Champlain is a working 1400-acre farm and National Historical Landmark orginally laid out in 1886 on 3800 acres by Frederick Law Olmstead as a model agricultural estate. There are guided tours, eight miles of walking trails, special events, and a children's farmyard.
802 985-8686 www.shelburnefarms.org.
Burlington
On the shore of Lake Champlain with the Adirondack Mountains in the distance and home of Ben & Jerry's,
this small city with a "college town" atmosphere
and unique, lively down-town mall also has a variety of museums and lots of interesting
things to do along the shores of Lake Champlain plus ferries and tour or dinner boats on the lake. A bike path causeway reaching far into Lake Champlain and seasonally connects to the islands by ferry.
www.enjoyburlington.com
Leunig's Bistro on the mall doesn't exagerate when it boasts the "panache of Paris".
802-863-3759 www.leunigsbistro.com
Frog Hollow Gallery is a contemporary gallery on the mall dedicated to the exposure and appreciation of Vermont fine art and craft.
Mon. - Wed. 10 - 6 , Thurs. - Sat. 10 - 8, Sun. 12 - 4
85 Church Street
802-863-6458 www.froghollow.org
Morgan Horse Museum:
Spirit of Ethan Allen Cruises: www.soea.com
Billings Farm & Museum and Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historic Site
The farm and forestry operation that Frederick Billings started in 1871 contiues today as a first-class working farm and museum to tell the story of Vermont's rural past.
802-457-2355 www.billingsfarm.org
It is possible to tour the mansion and grounds of the adjacent Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Site which display a good collection of American art and atrifacts. The trails and carriage roads are groomed in winter for cross-country skiing.
Route 12 & River Road , Woodstock
802-457-3368 (ext. 22 for visitor information) www.nps.gov/msbi/index.htm
Long Trail
 The 270-mile footpath follows the main ridge of the Green Mountains from Massachusetts to Canada. Built between 1910 & 1930, it's the oldest long-distance hiking trail in the country and the beginning of the Applachian Trail. There are 175 miles on its 82 side trails. Guides and maps available.
802 244-7037
http://www.greenmountainclub.org
 Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Five acres and twelve buildings display small watercraft, steamboats, lighthouses, and nautical history and archaeology in addition to special exhibts and events.
open daily mid-May - Mid-October, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes
802-475-2022 www.lcmm.org
Vermont Mozart Festival
 A series of concerts in six beautiful Vermont locations including Sherburne Farms and the Trapp Family Concert Meadow which invites picnic suppers. Please refer to our calendar of events for the dates of the summer series.
http://www.vtmozart.org.
Stowe
Quintessential small town New England and world class resort with a wealth of great restaurants and dozens of art galleries and charming shops. In winter ski, snowshoe or try dogsledding; there's great hiking, canoeing and biking in summer as well as theater and music. And fall is still the best season of all.
Montpelier
 The country's smallest state capital may just be the most charming. The historic capital building is open to the public and free. You'll find several nice independent bookshops and many restaurants including three associated with the New England Culinary Institute, but you won't find McDonalds since Montpelier is the only state capital without one.
Visit the State of Vermont Welcome Center in Montpelier.
800-VERMONT or http://www.1-800-vermont.com
Woodstock
Antiques Collaborative
Thirty showrooms and up to 165 dealers of the best fine art and antiques Vermornt has to offer, including fine period furniture, silver, vintage quilts, rare books, toys, fine porcelain and glassware, oriental carpets and hundreds of original paintings and prints.
Open every day except Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Route 4, Quechee
802-296-5858 www.antiquescollaborative.com
Snowflake Chocolates
Named for "Snowflake" Bentley, a local man who gained fame with his photographs of snowflakes, this little family-run chocolate shop hand-dips chocolates the way they should be done.
They also have a shop at the Blue Mall in Burlington. Try the dark-coated maple creams.
Route 15, Jerico, VT
802-899-3370 www.snowflakechocolates.com
Kipling's Naulakka
Rustic life in the Vermont woods must have suited Rudyard Kipling as wrote that he was never happier than when he moved to Vermont in 1893 and built his house at Naulakka. It was there that he wrote and published The Jungle Books. The four-bedroom house in Dummerston is maintained by the Landmark Trust. It is not open to visitors, but may be rented by the week. Contact the Landmark Trust in England for details 01628-825925.
Robert Frost Stone House Museum
Stop by the house where Robert Frost planted his beloved orchard and where on a summer morning he wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening " .
Shaftsbury, VT
http://www.frostfriends.org
Northshire Book
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Click here for a map of New Hampshire.
Mt. Washington
Kankamangus Highway
I-93
 Robert Frost Farm
It is possible to visit this peaceful farm and stop along the stone walls that border the property to read one of his well-loved peoms, "Mending Wall" or download an interpretive brochure from the website.
Grounds open year round.
See website for barn opening times.
122 Rockingham Road, Derry
603-432-3091
www.robertfrostfarm.org
Frost Place
A poet-in-residence program, but also a museum open in summer with Frost memorabialia and signed first editions as well as a half-mile nature trail which displays some of the poems he wrote here.
Ridge Road, Franconia
603-823-5510
www.frostplace.org
Toadstool Books
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen's Fair
This juried craft fair featuring many hand-made regional items started in 1933 which makes it the country's oldest. It opens on the first Saturday each Auguest and runs for nine days.
Sunapee State Park, Newbury
www.nhcrafts.org
Route 4
MAINE
Acadia National Park
Bar Harbor
www.barharborwhales.com
Portland
Camden
Recommended for children
Mystic Seaport, CT
Old Sturbridge Village, MA
Plimouth Plantation, MA
Essex Steam Train, CT
Nantucket Whaling Museum, MA
Billings Farm, VT
Eric Crale Museum of Picture Book Art, MA
Orchard House, MA
Mashantucket Pequot Museum, CT
Deep River Ancient Fife and Drum Muster, CT
canoe to Old North Bridge, Concord, MA
CITIES & TOWNS
Boston, Massachusetts
Burlington, Vermont
Concord, Massachusetts
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Newport, Rhode Island
Lenox, Massachusetts
Bar Harbor, Maine
Portland, Maine
Salem, Massachusetts
Stowe, Vermont
Northampton, Massachusetts,
Camden Maine
Essex, Connecticut
From Vermont and New Hampshire, it is an easy drive to Montreal and Quebec City across the border in Canada. Quebec City is a charming French-speaking Old World city on the St. Lawrence River. Montreal is sophisticated and culturally rich with friendly people, wonderful food, and an underground shopping plaza which connects many central-city streets.
MUSEUMS & HISTORIC HOUSES
Shelburne Museum, Burlington, VT
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Plimouth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
Freedom Trail, Boston, MA
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA
Newport, R I mansions
Billings Farm, Woodstock, VT
Deerfield, Massachusetts
Isbaella Stuart Gardiner Museum, Boston, MA
Hancock Shaker Village, MA
Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT
Mashentucket Pequot Museum, CT
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Nantucket Whaling Museum, Nantucket, MA
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, VT
Longfellow House, Cambridge, MA
Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT
Longfellow's Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA
Concord Museum & Emerson House, Concord, MA
Orchard House, Concord, MA
The Old Manse, Concord, MA
MUSIC & THEATER
Boston Pops, Tanglewood, MA
Newport Festivals, Newport, RI
Vermont Mozart Festival, northern Vermont
Shakespeare and Company, Lenox, MA
Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT
Deep River Fife and Drum Muster
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, CT
ART
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Yale Art Gallery & Center for Bristish Art, New Haven, CT
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Shelburne Museum, Burlington, VT
Isabella Stewary Gardner Museum, Boston. MA
Norman Rockwell Mseum, Stockbridge, MA
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst MA
Massachusetts Museum of Comtemporary Art, North Adams, MA
LITERATURE
Orchard House, Concord, MA
Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT
Longfellow House, Cambridge, MA
Emily Dickinsion Museum, Amherst, MA
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA
Longfelow's Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA
Robert Frost Stone House Museum, Shraftsbury, VT
Robert Frost Farm, Derry, NH
Frost Place, Francionia , NH
Concord Museum & Emerson House, Concord, MA
The Old Manse, MA, Concord, MA
Naulakka, Dummerston, VT
THE OUTDOORS
hiking & cross-country skiing:
Long Trail, VT
Walden Pond, Concord, MA
March-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Site, Woodstock, VT
Norwottuck Rail Trail, Northampton to Amherst, MA
Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield,MA
Cliff Walk, Newport, RI
bike trails:
Norwottuck Rail Trail, Northampton to Amherst, MA
Nantucket & Martha's Vineyeard
Block Island, RI
Stowe Recreation Path, Stowe VT
Concord bike tours, Concord, MA
Burlington, VT
canoe & kayak
Concord, MA
Acadia, ME
Walden Pond, MA
sailing:
Mystic Seaport , CT
Camden, ME
Connectucut River Museum. CT
whale watch:
SCENIC DRIVES
Kankamangus
Smugg's
Acadia
I-93
covered bridge loop
I-89
SHOPS
Antiques:
Brimfield Fair
Quechee Collaborative, Quechee, VT
Route 7, Sterling, MA
Route 4, Concord to Portsmouth, NH
Bookshops:
Northshire, Manchester, VT
R. J. Julia, Madison, CT
Toadstool Books, NH
Concord Bookshop, MA
Old Sturbridge Village, MA
Chocolates:
Snowflake Chocolates, Jericho, VT
Richardson's Candy, Deerfield, MA
Other:
White Flower Farm, CT
League of New Hamapshire Craftsmen's Fair, Newbwury, NH
Frog Hollow Gallery, Burlington, VT
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