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Herman Melville's Arrowhead

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Herman Melville wrote "Moby Dick" in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland. 

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Barn interior; Melville used to sip whiskey in the hayloft dominicbenford (Atlas Obscura User)
Mt. Greylock beyond a field farmed by Melville Anna Minster (Atlas Obscura User)
Bust of Shakespeare, replica harpoon, in Melville's study Anna Minster (Atlas Obscura User)
Dining room and cooking hearth Anna Minster (Atlas Obscura User)
Herman Melville's Arrowhead alecjr (Atlas Obscura User)
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Nestled in the Berkshire mountains, Arrowhead is the house and surrounding grounds where one of the greatest American novels was written, “Moby Dick.” Tours of the house are available, as well as free walking paths throughout the remaining 160 original acres of Melville’s farm. 

 

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