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The Forgotten Village at Greenbank's Hollow

Tucked along Joe's Brook in South Danville, the Forgotten Village at Greenbank's Hollow is a small, quietly atmospheric historic park where a once-busy industrial hamlet has vanished back into the northern Vermont forest. Run by the Danville VT Historical Society, the site pairs evocative mill ruins and numbered historical markers with a short loop trail that drops steeply to a rushing stream, making it an easy, reflective stop for travelers exploring the Northeast Kingdom. The name recalls a genuine company town: in the mid-1800s a woolen factory here was the largest in the region, surrounded by a gristmill, sawmill, store, post office, school and workers' houses. A fire in 1885 destroyed the heart of it, and the village never recovered—leaving foundations, foundations-in-the-forest and a story that visitors can now read at the markers and walk through on the nature trail. It suits families, history buffs and anyone wanting a gentle waterside wander rather than a museum with walls: interpretive signs, a visitor log, picnic tables and a peaceful setting by the falls of Joe's Brook are what people remember most.