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Trip Guide to New England's Shaker Settlements

Ben Stechschulte Chairs hung for a cleaning at the Great Stone Dwelling, in Enfield, New Hampshire.

It is the purity of Shaker ingenuity that really makes an impression. The quality of their products combined with the uniquely strange nature of Shaker worship services—the Shakers of the 1700's shook, jerked, and spoke in tongues, while those who came later performed ritualized dances and sang songs—have attracted tourists since the early 19th century. Read the article

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Destinations: North Adams · Stockbridge · Canterbury · Hancock · New Lebanon · Old Chatham

Themes: Arts + Culture · Road Trip

Inspired by: Driving New England Shaker Settlements — by Rachel Urquhart, Published Feb. 2006

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Porches Inn

North Adams | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Massachusetts | Berkshires + Western Massachusetts

Paint-by-number pictures adorn the 47 retro rooms at Porches Inn. The string of dignified old Victorian row houses that provided homes for foremen of
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Red Lion Inn

Stockbridge | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Massachusetts | Berkshires + Western Massachusetts

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Milan

North Adams | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Massachusetts | Berkshires + Western Massachusetts

Northern Italian fare with an extensive wine list.
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Gramercy Bistro

North Adams | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Massachusetts | Berkshires + Western Massachusetts

Contemporary American cuisine.
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Shaker Museum & Library

Old Chatham | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | New York | Catskills + Hudson Valley

Housed in several beautifully laid out barns, converted into a museum space in 1950, is the world's premier collection of Shaker artifacts and archive
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Mount Lebanon Shaker Village

New Lebanon | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | New York | Albany Area

At the height of their membership, in the mid 1800's, the Shakers numbered just under 6,000 across 18 prosperous settlements from Maine to Kentucky. I
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Hancock Shaker Village

Hancock | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Massachusetts | Berkshires + Western Massachusetts

Head west along the Mass Pike toward Hancock Shaker Village, the Shaker Museum & Library in Old Chatham, and what is left of the buildings that once m
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Enfield Shaker Museum (and the Great Stone Dwelling)

Canterbury | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | New Hampshire | Portsmouth + Southern New Hampshire

The once-haunted inn is now closed, taken over by the nearby Enfield Shaker Museum. Beginning in April, visitors can tour the Great Stone Dwelling in
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Canterbury Shaker Village

Canterbury | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | New Hampshire | Portsmouth + Southern New Hampshire

Canterbury was a prominent Shaker village for 200 years and stands as a remarkable—and picturesque—example of how Shaker life evolved over time.
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Touring the Berkshires' Best Art Museums

North Adams, Berkshires, Amherst, Northampton, Williamstown

Thanks in part to the largesse of their alumni, the area’s colleges (Amherst, Williams, Smith, and Mount Holyoke) have remarkable museums that have helped turn this community of former mill towns and
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Trip Guide to New England's Shaker Settlements

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