Close to the Robert Frost Stone House Museum, Park- McCullough historic house, and the Shaftsbury Lake State Park, Bennington Battle Monument, Hildene (the Lincoln Family Home), the covered bridge museum, Bennington Art Center, Manchester Art Center, and Manchester Designer Outlets. Also close to Bennington College, Sothern Vermont College, and Southwestern Medical Center. Stay at the Governors Rock Motel, a Magnuson Hotels affiliate, while enjoying allure of Shaftsbury and the Green Mountains.