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6 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Northampton, Massachusetts

Updated December 14, 2025

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Forbes Library

Northampton, Massachusetts

Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

Do your business in the blue bowl of this work entitled ‘Catching the Drift.’

Northampton, Massachusetts

Restroom Works of Art

Two artist-designed restrooms are part of the collection at the Smith College Museum of Art.

Looking down into the abandoned rock quarry at Mineral Hills

Northampton, Massachusetts

Mineral Hills Abandoned Rock Quarry

A rock and sand industrial site returns to its natural habitat.

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'Plant Life Through The Ages'

Northampton, Massachusetts

'Plant Life Through The Ages'

A series of murals depict the evolution of plant life from the Precambrian to the modern day.

A mural depicts a slightly different version of the Northampton bank robbery of 1876.

Northampton, Massachusetts

Northampton Bank Robbery Mural

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.

Sign beside the Stout Silver Medal daylily garden

Northampton, Massachusetts

Stout Silver Medal Daylily Garden

This college campus garden is home to generations of award winning flowers.

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Ruins of the Eyrie House

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Eyrie House Ruins

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

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