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Strolling the Common at Old Sturbridge Village in autumn. Photographer: Thomas Neill Tweet Article by Eric H. If you're looking for an educational and entertaining New England travel attraction for the whole family, Old Sturbridge Village (OSV) in Sturbridge, Mass., continues as one of the region's best destinations. The authentic, expansive Sturbridge Village living museum presentation expertly recreates rural New England during the 1790s through the 1830s.  The village layout is tremendously thoughtful and detailed with 59 historic buildings on 200 acres, three water-powered mills and two covered bridges.  Additionally, you can visit with knowledgeable New England historians in costume, ride in a stagecoach, view antiques, heirloom gardens, meet the farm animals, and take part in hands-on crafts.  Additionally, the charming Oliver Wight Tavern looks like an 1830s rural New England tavern and offers lunch, Sunday Brunch and Friday night dinners, at t...

Old Saybrook, CT, might not be a scary place -- in fact, it's a lovely, classic New England coastal community -- but as expected, things will get a little "frightening" during the Halloween season, courtesy of its all-volunteer fire department! The 11th annual Old Saybrook Haunted Hayride, held by the Old Saybrook Fire Department, will take place at 7 p.m. from Oct. 16-18 and Oct. 23-25, at the Clark Memorial Field, 210 Elm St., in Old Saybrook. Events will include a possessed tractor-drawn hay wagon leading visitors into the deep, dark, demented woods of "Scary Old Saybrook," featuring ghosts, goblins and ghouls. Bone-chilling sounds of creatures of the night in the front and a witch in the mix, no doubt, "promises to be the most hair-raising Halloween season in the history of Old Saybrook". Funds from the Haunted Hayride event will benefit the all-volunteer Old Saybrook Fire Company No. 1, Inc., and a food drive for the Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pa...