The Amherst Historical Society recently hosted a series of Quarry Tours for guests to see the Cleveland Quarry, tour the Cleveland Stone Companies facilities and more. The quarry tour, in partnership ...

Tucked away off Wentworth Road (Route 1B) and across from the BG’s Boathouse Restaurant lies what remains of an old ice pond, which was also a quarry, a swimming hole, and a dumping site. Locals might ...

QUINCY – If you haven't been up to the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum in a while (or ever), you're in for several inviting changes. This has been called a "quiet gem" of Quincy's history.

SKY ROUTE TO THE QUARRIES: History of the Barre Railroad, by Bill Gove. (Quarry View Publishing, 100 pages, $21.95 paperback) The granite industry in Barre got its start when two local businessmen ...

If you’ve ever wondered how the Elmhurst Quarry helps keep floodwaters back, now is your chance to get a rare behind-the-scenes look. DuPage County Stormwater Management, in partnership with the ...

This summer we take a look back at the playgrounds of yesteryear in our series THE SOUTH SHORE AS IT WAS. QUINCY − The cabin remains are barely visible, now that the leaves have grown in. But head for ...