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Vermont Travel

To find solace from the hectic life of cities and suburbs, Americans often head to places where, it is said, “time seems to have stopped,” places where vestiges of a slower era still exist. In Vermont, time not only stopped, it went backward. Hills and valleys that were once stripped bare of trees for agriculture turned green again as forests reclaimed abandoned fields and pastures. Moose, salmon, and the peregrine falcon, which were chased from the region decades ago, have started to come back, though the lordly mountain lion may never be seen here again.

Round Church in Richmond, Vermont

The Old Round Church in Richmond, Vermont is a lovely landmark and may have been the first community church in the country. Representatives of five Protestant congregations built the structure as a community house of worship in 1812-13. Legend has it that 17 men worked on it--one for each of the 16 sides, plus one for the belfry.

Old Red Mill Museum, Vermont

During a vacation in New England, my wife and I drove to Jericho, Vermont to visit a museum honoring the town's favorite son, Wilson Bentley, the man who discovered that no two snowflakes are alike.

Hope Cemetery, Vermont

While grabbing a bite to eat in the small central-Vermont town of Barre some 25 years ago, a waitress told my wife, Dorothy, and me about an unusual local attraction--the Hope Cemetery.

Now, I normally don't consider cemeteries a tourist attraction. But as we soon found out, a cemetery.

Vermont County Store

Poking around in country stores was a highlight of our recent trip through Vermont, and my husband, Myles, and I found the granddaddy of them all in tiny Weston--the Vermont Country Store, established in 1946.

American Museum of Fly-Fishing in Vermont

While I was driving through the town of Manchester, Vermont last summer, a quaint house sporting a salmon weather vane and a hand-carved fish over the doorway caught my eye.

Derby Line, Vermont

The scenic Northeast Kingdom of Vermont is full of backroads surprises, like the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line. It straddles the U.S./Canada border, so you can actually stand in two countries at the same time!