Grandma Moses was an American folk artist. She earned the name Grandma as she began painting in earnest at the age of 78, capturing scenes of life in Hoosick and the surrounding rural areas. While she initially sold her paintings for $3-5, her paintings have since surpassed values of over a million dollars.

Grandma Moses died in Hoosick Falls and was buried locally at the Maple Grove Cemetery. You can find examples of her work throughout the area, including the teeny-tiny Louis Miller Museum, and see a permanent exhibition of her work on display at the Bennington Museum in nearby Bennington, Vermont.

Robert Frost owned a cabin in Bennington and is buried nearby. I am not going to attempt to write anything better about Frost in Vermont than this excerpt from a NY Times article:

“IN 1920, 44-year-old Robert Frost moved from New Hampshire to Vermont "to seek a better place to farm and especially grow apples." For the next four decades, Frost lived principally in Vermont, becoming the official poet laureate of the Green Mountain State. Frost wrote much of his verse in a log cabin in Ripton in central Vermont. His ashes lie beneath the ground in Old Bennington...

Because Frost was a farmer first, poet second (he owned five farms, all in Vermont), his poems are more than rooted in the state's landscape, they are the landscape: its stony and frugal soil, its sculptured, shimmering green glens bespeaking a timeless and mystical perfection…”

Hoosick Falls is located in the foothills of the Green Mountains, which provides many options for rural activities. An alpaca farm, a drive-in movie theater, kayaking, horseback rides, hiking trails including the Hoosick River Greenway, and multiple swimming lakes are all nearby.

Even just hopping in the car and driving around will likely make for a memorable experience as the surrounding countryside is dotted with historical landmarks, folk craft shops, and roadside stands.