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Massachusetts War Memorial Tower at the Summit

Adams, Massachusetts

Mount Greylock

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum

Adams, Massachusetts

Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.
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Hoosac Tunnel

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.
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The Tinker mausoleum.

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Hillside Cemetery

This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.
5 miles from Adams

North Adams, Massachusetts

Harmonic Bridge

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.
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Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.
5 miles from Adams
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Natural Bridge State Park

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.
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