Why go: The Shelburne houses more than , works, including Impressionist paintings, quilts, furniture, and 17th- to 20th-century artifacts. The museum is comprised of 39 different buildings, 25 of which are historic and were moved to the property.
There are plenty of events, talks, and workshops throughout the year. Spend all day here and get lost in this diverse collection of art and objects. Why go: To taste all the delicious bounty that Vermont has to offer, just stop by the Saturday farmers market in Brattleboro. From cheese, maple syrup, veggies and fruit to free-range lamb and beef, everything at the market is fresh and local.
Find homemade breads, pastries, and other prepared dishes while you enjoy music and people watching. What is it: Working dairy farm and interactive museum in Woodstock. Reward yourself with a visit to the Dairy Bar for fresh cheese and ice cream. What is it: A trail of wine, beer, and spirits producers along a five mile stretch through Middlebury.
Why go: The Middlebury Tasting Trail was established to officially promote the adult beverage makers based in this college town. Due to differing schedules, if you want the full shebang be sure to go on a Saturday when all seven are open. Why go: Watch from a distance as massive blocks of granite are extracted from the quarry. Check out the granite bowling alley just the lane is granite, not the balls or pins , then pick up a chunk of scrap granite as a souvenir.
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Snowboarding Although snowboarding can trace its distant origins to Michigan, the sport in its modern form was birthed in Vermont. Fresh Produce For fans of farm-to-table dining, Vermont is a paradise. Charm Vermont takes pride in its reputation as a charming, rustic location.
Libraries You may not be able to read billboards in Vermont, but the state leads the nation in libraries per capita. Natural Beauty Thanks to an incredible park system, Vermont boasts hundreds of thousands of acres of preserved land.
Subscribe to our Newsletter! It's also one of the state's few places where industry was a major factor in its history. By the mid th -century there were textile, paper, and machinery mills, and several manufacturers.
Contrasting with this blue-collar heritage were the idealistic and liberal back-to-the-landers who settled here in the s and '70s; the two have blended over the years to give Brattleboro a vibe unlike anyplace else in the state. The arts flourish here, with a high number of working craftspeople, artists, and musicians, along with small working farms, some now run by third-generation back-to-the landers. In its lively downtown, you'll find small shops, galleries, book stores, coffee houses, little ethnic cafes, and a resale consignment center that fills a former department store.
Bulletin boards are covered with notices of performances, concerts, classes, social action meetings, and community events which include the annual Strolling of the Heifers , when local kids parade their livestock down Main Street.
To find a microcosm of all this, spend Saturday morning at the Brattleboro Farmers' Market , where locals and tourists mingle, shopping for fresh produce, handmade soaps, pottery, maple syrup, garden plants, handspun yarns, woodenware, farm cheese, fine chocolates, breads baked in wood-fired ovens, and an international mix of lunch foods that represent five continents.
Local musicians perform, kids play in the sandbox, picnic tables fill by 11am; it's the social event of the week from May through October, when it moves into a space on Main Street for the winter. If you want to know Brattleboro, this is the place to go. Tourists who want a truly authentic Brattleboro experience will want to stay at the Latchis Hotel , a historic Art Deco hotel located right on Main Street. In addition to being within a short walk to the majority of local attractions, it sits above the Latchis Theater , where guests can enjoy a film at the end of a day of sightseeing.
The hotel offers bicycle rentals and car service; a snack bar; and a variety of room options, from budget to huge suites. Accommodation: Where to Stay in Brattleboro.
Fall in Manchester Village. Manchester has a split personality: Manchester Village and Manchester Center. The former is the gracious village with marble sidewalks and beautifully-maintained homes-many of which are closer to mansions-lining the main square and Route 7. The Equinox hotel is the centerpiece. Just a short way north, Manchester Center is more commercial, known for its mostly high-end factory outlets, where you can buy everything from designer clothes to kitchenware.
Both the mansion and its beautifully restored gardens are open for tours, and also on the estate is a working farm, a goat cheese dairy, and a resplendent Pullman car. The mansion is fully furnished and because the home was still in Lincoln's family until the s, many of the pieces are from Mary Todd Lincoln's family. Large windows overlook the restored formal gardens. Although larger and grander than most, Hildene is not alone in Manchester, a popular place for wealthy families to retreat in the summer.
At least two of these elegant Manchester mansions, Wilburton Inn and The Inn at Ormsby Hill , both near Hildene, are now elegant bed-and-breakfast inns. The vast grounds of the Southern Vermont Arts Center are studded with large sculptures, and its galleries house changing exhibits.
For views of the town and surrounding mountains, climb Mount Equinox , either by trail or the Skyline Drive toll road. In Vermont, any discussion of Woodstock is likely to bring up the question of what is "real" Vermont. Woodstock, many would claim, is not a typical Vermont town but one created by wealthy city people playing at being country gentry. That may be true, but the same has been said of a number of other places in Vermont-enough to make these wealth-infused towns part of Vermont's culture, too.
And Woodstock can lay claim to two of Vermont's most cherished ideals: land conservation and sustainable farming. In the early s, Woodstock native George Perkins Marsh, alarmed at the deforestation and erosion he saw around his farm and throughout Vermont, began the work that would later make him hailed as America's first environmentalist; his book Man and Nature changed the way people around the world thought about the land.
In Frederick Billings bought the Marsh estate and planted thousands of trees to reforest Mount Tom and demonstrate progressive forest management. Their stewardship and commitment continued under Mary and Laurance Rockefeller, and today the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park is the only national park to concentrate on land stewardship.
Along with a museum filled with lively exhibits on farm and rural life, you can tour the farm manager's home, visit cows in the barn, and tour the Rockefeller home and gardens. From the late s Woodstock was a shire town, and as the base for the county's courts and government, it drew professionals and merchants who settled here. Many of their fine homes still line its streets and surround its long village green.
An Federal-style house on Elm Street holds a museum of local history , with collections that are used in annually changing exhibits. Form its perennial gardens, you get the best view of Woodstock's covered bridge. Johnsbury, Vermont. The grounds are always open so grab your best four-legged friend and go explore the chapel and more at this beautiful location. Enjoy watching the artisans blow and create glass objects of beauty in this charming Vermont setting next to a stunning waterfall.
The starters are all excellent with the prosciutto earning an honorable mention. Beautiful plating makes the food as stunning as the art. The Haskell just may be the most unique library in the world. The building housing the library lies on the international border, and half is in Derby Line, Vermont and the other half is in Stanstead, Quebec. It was intentionally built this way.
You'll find more than typical gravestones at the Hope Cemetery in Barre. These monuments are works of art and are admired by all who visit. The full length of the Long Trail from Massachusetts to the Canadian border is about miles, packed with rugged mountain terrain and dense forests with sweeping mountain views. This floating bridge in Brookfield has been repaired and reopened as a pedestrian footbridge. For an added unique touch, look for the nearby statue of a mother and baby hippo. Built in , this foot bridge is the longest covered bridge entirely within the state of Vermont.
Whether you've been once or one hundred times, the Shelburne Museum never disappoints. Just because we are a landlocked state doesn't mean we don't have beaches. Just look at that scenery in Island Pond! Your summer wouldn't be complete without a trip to the Champlain Valley Fair. There is so much to see and do that 10 days doesn't seem like enough time to take it all in!
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