The Atlas Obscura Guide To Petersham

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

Updated July 25, 2019

Unusual Attractions in Petersham

Petersham, Massachusetts

Fisher Museum Forestry Dioramas

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

Petersham, Massachusetts

Town of Dana

All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.

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Barre, Massachusetts

Naramore Grave

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

8 miles from Petersham

Orange, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Peace Statue

The official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

9 miles from Petersham

Orange, Massachusetts

Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

9 miles from Petersham

Ware, Massachusetts

Quabbin Reservoir

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

10 miles from Petersham

Rutland, Massachusetts

Rutland Prison Camp

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

10 miles from Petersham

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The dendrometer tracks the way the trunk and branches swell or contract.

The Tree That Is Live-Tweeting Climate Change

With a little help from scientists, an oak in the Harvard Forest is sharing updates about its life.

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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Petersham

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

Updated July 25, 2019

Unusual Attractions in Petersham

Petersham, Massachusetts

Fisher Museum Forestry Dioramas

Petersham, Massachusetts

Town of Dana

Barre, Massachusetts

Naramore Grave

Orange, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Peace Statue

Orange, Massachusetts

Woman's Christian Temperance Union Fountain

Ware, Massachusetts

Quabbin Reservoir

Rutland, Massachusetts

Rutland Prison Camp

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