The Adirondack Experience is located in the hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake in New York state. It is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Adirondacks region. The museum is located on the site of a historic summer resort hotel, the Blue Mountain…
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Wilder Observatory
Here is an excellent example of local road tripping opportunities beginning in your own back yard. During my son’s junior college career he took an astronomy course that had a field trip to an observatory located near the campus of another college in the area.…
Read MoreOld Sturbridge Village’s Christmas by Candlelight
Old Sturbridge Village is an outdoor living history museum located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts which recreates life in an early 19th-century rural New England village, featuring costumed historians, artisans, and farmers; historic homes, trade shops and water-powered mills; a working farm with heritage breed animals; and…
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Storrowton Village Museum, an educational arm of Eastern States Exposition and located on its grounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts. It presents hands-on school programs and guided tours of its historic buildings throughout the year as well as seasonal 19th century-themed events. It is the site…
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