Massachusetts puts on quite a show once October rolls around. Maple trees glow orange, the air smells like cider donuts, and farm fields fill up with music, hayrides, and pumpkins the size of beach balls.
Harvest festivals here are more than a quick photo stop. They are full days of wandering craft tents, tasting warm apple crisp, and letting kids run wild through corn mazes while you soak up the view.
Some of these events have been running for almost a hundred years, passed down through families who still bake the same donut recipes. Others are newer, louder, and packed with lumberjack shows and pony rides…