15 Best Things to Do in Greenfield (MA)

Poet’s Seat Tower

In the northern Pioneer Valley, Greenfield is a scenic old mill town, historically known for toolmaking and cutlery manufacturing. There are museums here and in nearby Turners Falls, going into detail about industry in Franklin County, and the defining role of the Connecticut River. Greenfield’s townscape is framed by an abrupt mountain ridge between the …

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15 Best Things to Do in Greenfield (Indiana)

Hancock County Courthouse

Just east of Indianapolis, the small town of Greenfield is most famous for being the birthplace of “Hoosier Poet”, James Whitcomb Riley. Riley was a giant of American culture in his day, and among his many well-known compositions are Little Orphant Annie (1885) and The Raggedy Man (1888). You can visit the poet’s birthplace and …

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