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All the United States Massachusetts Adams

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Adams

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

Updated December 12, 2019

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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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The Florida, MA, mouth of the Hoosac Tunnel.

North Adams, Massachusetts

Hoosac Tunnel

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

North Adams, Massachusetts

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.
5 miles from Adams
The exhibit.

North Adams, Massachusetts

Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit

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

North Adams, Massachusetts

Natural Bridge State Park

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