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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Brattleboro

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Brattleboro, Vermont

Updated October 30, 2020

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Retreat Tower

Brattleboro, Vermont

Retreat Tower

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.
The Estey Organ Museum contains dozens of playable organs, of all shapes and sizes.

Brattleboro, Vermont

Estey Organ Museum

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.
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Smaller pieces of silk arranged by color.

Brattleboro, Vermont

Delectable Mountain Cloth

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.
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Chesterfield, New Hampshire

Madame Sherri's Castle

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
2 miles from Brattleboro
Naulakha

Dummerston, Vermont

Naulakha

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.
3 miles from Brattleboro
Grave of Josiah Spaulding

Dummerston, Vermont

Dummerston Vine

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.
5 miles from Brattleboro
The Tiny Bread Box.

Vernon, Vermont

Tiny Bread Box

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.
8 miles from Brattleboro
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Stories About Brattleboro

An old Estey Organ Company factory space filled with donated reed organs.

The Vermont Town That Has Way Too Many Organs

After decades of organ donation, Brattleboro is looking for new homes for old musical instruments.
by Anna Kusmer
May 31, 2018

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