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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Charlton, Massachusetts

Updated December 24, 2025

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Charlton, Massachusetts

Grave of Grizzly Adams

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

Charlton, Massachusetts

Charlton Route 20 Cow Tunnel

A 1926 cow tunnel that passes underneath the nation’s longest road.

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Oxford, Massachusetts

Clara Barton Birthplace Museum

This historic home and museum celebrates the life story of the female founder of the American Red Cross.

4 miles from Charlton

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Southbridge, Massachusetts

Optical Heritage Museum

A quirky museum paying tribute to the history of the optical industry.

5 miles from Charlton

Oxford, Massachusetts

Oxford Huguenot Fort

Solitary stone structures and a tale of tragedy are all that remains of a historic settlement built by French Protestant refugees.

6 miles from Charlton

Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Old Sturbridge Village

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

6 miles from Charlton

Webster, Massachusetts

Samuel Slater Experience

This interactive museum is dedicated to the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution” and founder of one of the nation’s earliest boomtowns.

7 miles from Charlton

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