Winter is a reality in northern Vermont, where I spent most of my adult life. Winters are cold and wet here and seem to last forever. Even worse, skies are this murky gray color that defies most attempts at decent…
In the rolling green hills just south of Burlington lives the Shelburne Museum. It’s a collector’s museum of folk art and Americana that’s been a part of Vermont’s cultural landscape since 1947. Founded by Electra Havermeyer Webb, a wealthy New…
Mount Philo State Park, in Charlotte, VT, is a local favorite hike. The well-groomed trails climb 968 feet, making it a moderately-easy hike in under an hour. When looking for a bit of outdoorsy time but don’t want to be…
St. Johnsbury is a small town of around 7,500 people in northeastern Vermont. It’s the largest town in Vermont’s “Northeast Kingdom,” which should give you an idea of the rural nature of this region. There are a number of historic…
While on vacation in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont we happened upon something called the Old Stone House Museum and Historic Village. What is that? I’ve never heard of it. We were looking for places to visit and take photos…
There is a lot of great places within an hour’s drive or so to get out into nature. I live in Burlington, which is a small city on Lake Champlain about an hour south of the Canadian border. Vermont’s largest…
Every Autumn in Burlington, VT plays host to a weekend-long neighborhood art festival. The South End Art Hop began in 1992 on the Pine Street corridor just south of downtown, an area designated as the South End Arts District, as…
You’ve probably never heard of Witch Windows. This is a New England feature on older houses that is found almost exclusively in Vermont. Specifically in the northern and central regions of Vermont. The window is on the gabled end of…
Mention “Smuggler’s Notch” and people will assume you’re talking about the ski resort, but that’s not what this post is about. Smuggler’s Notch, the one not built for elites from New York and Connecticut, occasionally referred to as “The Notch…
I moved here from New York in the 1990’s, and I noticed two things: The people on this side of the lake were almost suspiciously friendly, and they were all nutso for maple. Maple? Really? I mean I know Vermont…