Papermaking may not sound terribly exciting but, at the Crane Museum of Papermaking, you’re learning about the paper used to make our currency. Plus you’re also visiting Amerca’s oldest paper company! The Crane & Co, located in Dalton, MA, makes a paper you’ve undoubtedly handled [...]
Naumkeag in Stockbridge, MA – photo: I, Daderot Naumkeag is a quintessential country estate of the Gilded Age, located in Stockbridge, MA. This National Historic Landmark is both an architectural and landscaping masterpiece worthy of your visit! Naumkeag served as a 44-room summer [...]
Visit a living piece of 18th century Berkshire history, lovingly restored to its 1780’s condition: The Bidwell House Museum in Monterey, Massachusetts. An elegant example of a Georgian saltbox style construction, The Bidwell House was originally built in the mid 1700’s as a parsonage by [...]
If you have an interest in American history or architecture, make sure to leave a little time during your Berkshires vacation to visit the Lee Library. A beautiful, quiet and historic place, stop in to browse the shelves or enjoy a quiet place to read [...]
You can get a walking tour map from the Lee visitor information center at the Chamber of Commerce, a 2 Park Place. Here are some of our favorite stops on the tour: Congregational Church. (25 Park Place) The 150-foot steeple makes this church the tallest [...]
Western Massachusetts is full of historic homes, many of which are beautifully maintained and open for public viewing. Guests of our Berkshires Bed and Breakfast have been known to pass many delightful hours perusing these old homes and their grounds. Read on for a list [...]
Spring is a fabulous time to visit a Shaker Farm. The month of April is devoted to baby animals at Hancock Shaker Village, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Guests of our Berkshires Bed and Breakfast have a few more days to experience this event. Daily [...]
The Mohawk Trail became the first scenic road in New England in 1914, and it has been sharing great views, history, and culture with motorists and bicyclists ever since. Long before it became a road, The Mohawk Trail was a well-worn foot path used by [...]
Bridges are inherently picturesque, and covered bridges even more so. The engineering and craftsmanship required to suspend materials over rivers, streams, and gorges is often remarkable to behold. This seems to be doubly true when it comes to covered bridges. Humans have constructed [...]
Spend some time at Hancock Shaker Village while at our Berkshires Bed and Breakfast. Hancock Shaker Village is always an interesting place to visit. Shaker communities are uniquely American, though their origins can be traced back to French and English groups in the [...]
Herman Melville had deep ties to the land and deep ties to the sea. He loved the Berkshire Hills, where his uncle had a farm and where he spent many summers during his youth. Yet at the age of 22, Melville did not head to [...]
Herman Melville, author of the American classic Moby-Dick (among others), spent his early childhood in the high society of New York City and his adolescence living less affluently in Albany, NY. His first visit to the farm in Pittsfield that was purchased by his grandfather [...]