A lonely, deserted town common in the middle of the Quabbin Reservoir’s Western Massachusetts wilderness is all that remains of the former town of Dana, MA. The small town, along with its Swift Valley neighbors Enfield, Greenwich, and Prescott, was flooded in 1938 to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir. Dana Town Common As we […]
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Pine Barrens and Red Brook at the Lyman Reserve, Plymouth, MA
The Lyman Reserve on the Plymouth/Wareham/Bourne line offers an opportunity to escape summer Cape traffic.
Hiking around the Abandoned Becket Quarry
Becket Quarry, which is in the Western Massachusetts town of Becket, still has remnants of equipment from its past days as an operating quarry. The property is open to the public, and you can meander around the remains of old machinery, trucks, derricks, and cables. Well, it was time for our Tour de Western Mass […]
Hike to the Hidden 45-Foot Royalston Falls
Deep in the forest of Central Massachusetts, in the small town of Royalston, 45-foot Royalston Falls rewards majestic views and tranquil surroundings to whomever is willing to make the hike out to visit it. Royalston Falls had been on my bucket list of places to visit for a few months. In fact, we had plans […]
Benny finds the Cursed Titus Mansion Ruins
Cursed ruins? In Massachusetts? Once Benny got wind of the cursed Titus Mansion Ruins in Tyringham at Ashintully Gardens, there was no stopping him from wanting to explore this unique spot in Western Massachusetts. After two hours in a car, two rest stops along the Pike, and two wrong turns off the highway (apparently, we […]
The Ghost Cow of Wernick Farm
Wernick Farm offers a short, family- and dog-friendly hike around the ruins of an old farm in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. This post includes directions, a map, and parking information, along with pictures and videos of the hike. If you look at the pictures closely enough, you may see the ghost cow that we caught on camera. […]