These are some of the interesting places we visited and really enjoyed during our travels.

www.americanredware.com
Check out this website for lectures and museum tours featuring redware pottery.

www.kulianfolkart.com
Gariné (ga-renée) Arakelian’s studio, Kulina Folk Art makes lead-free and very decorative readware influenced by Pennsylavnia and European folk art.

www.piedpotter.com
Come and enjoy a pottery demonstration by Rick Hamelin. Check this website for the upcoming pottery demonstrations and  workshops schedule.

www.piedpotterhamelin.com
Rick Hamelin’s studio, Pied Potter Hamelin makes lead-free, historically authentic redware pottery. Wonderful to bake and serve your food in.

www.swallowtail.com
Swallowtail is a New England-based contradance band. They have been playing together as Swallowtail since 1978, and have released three albums. They play their wonderful music regularly in and around the Pioneer Valley.

Douglas
www.douglashistoricalsociety.org
Douglas Historical Society and The E. N. Jenckes Store Museum, 283 Main St. is a wonderful example of a general store dating back to late 1800’s. The property was donated to the Douglas Historical Society and because the store was neither dismantled nor converted to another use, it remains, after careful restoration by the Douglas Historical Society, a fine example of the general store of a hundred years ago.

East Brookfield
www.secondchanceanimals.org
Second Chance Animal Shelter provides temporary shelter to stray, abandoned and surrendered animals for the purpose of finding permanent suitable new homes and provides assistance and financial aid to prevent overpopulation through spaying and neutering programs.

Jamaica Plain
www.arboretum.harvard.edu
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 125 Arborway is the oldest public arboretum in North America and one of the world's leading centers for the study of plants. We visited when the lilacs were in bloom around Mother’s Day and it was beautiful.

www.doylescafeboston.com
Doyle’s Cafe, 3484 Washington St., Jamaica Plain, is regularly recognized as being the best neighborhood bar and restaurant in Boston and it’s just up the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Their food is delicious. and wide selection of microbrews.

Medway
www.restaurant45.com
Restaurant 45, 45 Milford St. blends a relaxed atmosphere with delicious cuisine achieved by using only the finest and freshest ingredients. They offer an eclectic variety of menu items and huge portions for a reasonable price.

Methuen
www.nevinslibrary.org
Nevins Memorial Library, 305 Broadway is an architecturally wonderful  building. Make sure you  check out the performance hall with its beautiful stained glass windows.

Monterey
www.bidwellhousemuseum.org

New Bedford
www.forttaber.org
Fort Taber at Clark’s Point. A British raid during the American Revolution demonstrated the vulnerability of the port in 1778 when seventy vessels and twenty-six storehouses were left in ruin. Local merchants erected the first wooden beacon at Clark`s Point, at the south entrance to the harbor in 1797. Not much is known of this first structure. The first lighthouse erected by the government was a 42-foot stone tower built in 1804 to help guide whalers and other vessels entering the harbor. The need for coastal defense was obvious again during the War of 1812.

www.whalingmuseum.org
New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, is a wonderful museum  educating us about industries that existed in the days gone by. It’s not only about whaling, you will see some beautiful, locally made, glass and pottery.

www.newbedfordantiquesatthecove.com
New Bedford Antiques at the Cove, 127 Rodney French Blvd. is the BIGGEST antiques store we have ever seen! Really neat place to visit.

North Adams
www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/western/nbdg.htm
Natural Bridge State Park, McCauley Rd., off Rte.8. This is a geologic wonder, naturally formed white marble arch and man-made white marble dam, the only one in North America, in this 48 acre park. Also tour an abandoned marble quarry. The "natural bridge" for which the park is named, according to geologists, is 550 million year old bedrock marble, carved into an arch by the force of glacial melt water over 13,000 years ago; one of the best places in New England to demonstrate the effects of glaciation. The bridge spans rushing Hudson Brook as it twists and tumbles through a steep 60-foot deep gorge.

Rehoboth
www.carpentermuseum.org
Carpenter Musum, 4 Locust Ave., Rehoboth is modeled after a local 1760 gambrel-roofed house, The museum contains exhibit rooms, artifact storage area and social room and also on the grounds is a reproduction of a 1746 post-and-beam barn. It was constructed in 1993 with a community barn raising, one of the events that celebrated Rehoboth's 350th anniversary.

Rochdale
www.coopershilltopfarm.com
Coopers' Hilltop Dairy Farm, 515 Henshaw St., Rochdale, has been providing fresh milk, cream and eggnog to the communities around Worcester for over ninety years. We find their milk and cream very tasty!

Sturbridge
www.osv.org
Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, is one of the country’s largest year-round living history museums, where you can experience early New England life from 1790-1840. The museum has a staff of costumed historians and historic buildings on 200 acres where you can ride in a stagecoach, enjoy heirloom gardens and meet the farm animals, among other activities. It’s like going back in time!

Westwood
Vello’s Restaurant, 679 High St. has a wide variety of delicious veggie burgers, sandwiches, pasta and seafood. Great food and service at a reasonable price.

West Swanzey
www.monadpets.org
Adopt a pet at Monadnock Humane Society at 101 West Swanzey Rd., Rte. 10, West Swanzey, NH. It is a full-service humane society and its mission is to instill an ethic of respect, compassion, and empathy for all creatures, and to inspire, empower and lead the community in creating a more humane society for all.

Adamsville
www.graysgristmill.com
Gray’s Grist Mill is one of the oldest, continually running in New England, located in Adamsville, RI. Their flour is really nice to bake breads.

Little Compton
www.sakonnetwine.com
Sakonnet Vineyards, 162 West Main Rd., in Little Compton, Rhode Island was founded in 1975. At present, fifty acres are planted with many Vinifera varieties including Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Franc as well as Vidal Blanc one of the French-American hybrids. The Hospitality Center is open every day through all seasons for tours, wine tastings and retail sales.

Newport
www.cliffwalk.com
The Cliff Walk along the eastern shore of Newport, RI is world famous as a public access walk that combines the natural beauty of the Newport shoreline with the architectural history of Newport's gilded age. In 1975 the walk was designated as a National Recreation Trail, the 65th in the nation and first in New England. The walk runs 3.5 miles and about two-thirds of the walk is in easy walking condition. What makes Cliff Walk unique is that it is a National Recreation Trail in a National Historic District. Beautiful views!

Bennington
www.benningtonmuseum.org
Bennington Museum, 75 Main St. The museum was founded as the Bennington Historical Assoc. in 1852 to celebrate Bennington's Colonial past and, more specifically, to commemorate the historic Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington in 1777. Over the years its mission has expanded to preserve and interpret the rich heritage of southern Vermont and neighboring regions as well as providing a venue for visual and performing arts that enriches our community and our world. The museum has a wonderful collection of redware and Bennington Pottery.

Madison Brewing Company, 428 Main St., Bennington. They have a great selection of beer and food at great prices. Great way to end the day after a visit to Bennington Museum.