>> LET'S SAY 10 TO 15,000 YEARS. REPORTER: THAT'S RIGHT. FOR THOUSANDS -- THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE FIVE-TON ROCK LEANING ON ITS SIDE WAS A BALANCING BOULDER ALONG ROUTE 16. A LANDS MARK IN THE TOWN OF ...

HOLLISTON – George Washington couldn’t topple it, but more than 200 years later, the Balancing Rock is no longer balancing. Several social media accounts posted that the 5-ton boulder, located in the ...

>> LET'S SAY 10 TO 15,000 YEARS. REPORTER: THAT'S RIGHT. FOR THOUSANDS -- THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE FIVE-TON ROCK LEANING ON ITS SIDE WAS A BALANCING BOULDER ALONG ROUTE 16. A LANDS MARK IN THE TOWN OF ...

For hundreds of years, the boulders have been stacked on top of one another to become a local landmark. Legend has it that George Washington himself tried to tip over the rock while traveling through ...

HOLLISTON – A part of town history has fallen after thousands of years in balance, and now people are remembering the now unbalanced Balance Rock. “It’s like a death in town,” said Town Historian ...

I recently found a 1911 photo of Balance Rock that brought back childhood memories of family outings to the boulder back in the 1950s. Many people visiting the Berkshires and even longtime residents, ...