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  • Art, Memories, and Miniatures in Brattleboro
    Art, Memories, and Miniatures in Brattleboro

    Brattleboro has long been a town where creativity thrives. For Melany Kahn, her creativity traces back to a West Brattleboro farmhouse, where she spent her childhood summers reading and playing with her dollhouse. The farmhouse inspired an idea now bringing new energy to the downtown this holiday season:...

  • Turning a Beetlejuice Icon Into a Community Hub
    Turning a Beetlejuice Icon Into a Community Hub

    Kendall Gendron's favorite movie is Beetlejuice. When the Seattle native met her future husband, Travis, and discovered that his hometown was East Corinth—where the movie was filmed—it felt like a match made in heaven. In 2016, the couple moved from the Pacific Northwest to East Corinth. When the...

  • Dirt Roads and Stone Walls in Tiny Baltimore
    Dirt Roads and Stone Walls in Tiny Baltimore

    Baltimore is one of those small Vermont towns that's easy to miss. You might spot a sign for it along Routes 10 or 106, and chances are you've never heard of Baltimore. Only 229 people live in town, and the only public building is a former...

  • Charm, History + Beauty: An Ode to Jericho
    Charm, History + Beauty: An Ode to Jericho

    I smile whenever I hear someone say they live in Jericho. The town is small—about 5,100 people—but not too small. Jericho is not terribly touristy, but it still feels like a place you want to visit. My only negative experience there was when I got a...

  • A Fascination with Vermont Fire Towers
    A Fascination with Vermont Fire Towers

    At the top of Burke Mountain stands a fire tower built in 1939. It's the third fire tower constructed at the summit. Weather-related events destroyed the earlier two. The original one, built in 1912, was the first fire tower ever constructed in Vermont, but it collapsed...

  • New Beginnings at South Strafford’s Historic General Store
    New Beginnings at South Strafford’s Historic General Store

    A beloved general store in South Strafford is starting a new chapter. Coburns' General Store is changing ownership and being renamed the Strafford General Store. “The signs will be swapped out on Sunday afternoon,” says Adam Smith, the new operator of the Strafford General Store. He’s leasing...

  • Community, Music and Food at Crossmolina Farm
    Community, Music and Food at Crossmolina Farm

    Margaret Loftus zigzags across her front yard along a dead-end dirt road. Two farm tractors are parked in the driveway, and a sap bucket hangs from a tree behind a row of mailboxes. With her labradoodle, Bjornsen, trotting alongside, Loftus ducks past the tractors into a...

  • Vermont Ancient Roads Showcase History and Offer Access to the Outdoors
    Vermont Ancient Roads Showcase History and Offer Access to the Outdoors

    Sponsored: Stay in a lovingly restored log cabin or bright, sunny apartment for your next Vermont getaway. Tucked in the trees of Warren, a short walk to Blueberry Lake with privacy and easy access to hiking and biking. Visit kismetpropertiesvermont.com. ——— Spencer Crispe spends as much time...

  • Wilcox Ice Cream: Family, Perseverance and Humor
    Wilcox Ice Cream: Family, Perseverance and Humor

    Wilcox Ice Cream was once made in Manchester Village using a handheld motor and ice gathered from Equinox Pond. The Wilcoxes operated the business in the village a century ago before moving it to the family farm a few miles south on Route 7A. "My grandfather and his...

  • 18 Outdoor Vermont Farmers Markets to Visit in 2025
    18 Outdoor Vermont Farmers Markets to Visit in 2025

    Outdoor Vermont farmers markets are a seasonal tradition. From Burlington to Brattleboro and Craftsbury to Northfield, town greens, local parks and parking lots turn into festive pop-up markets packed with local produce, handmade goods, craft beer, grass-fed beef and more. -A handful of Vermont communities offered farmers...