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Winter scene at Stowe ski resort, Vermont (Landwehrle Studio/courtesy, Stowe Mountain Resort)
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Vermont's rolling, cow-spotted hills, shaggy peaks, sugar maples, and towns clustered along river valleys give it a distinct sense of place. Still primarily rural, the state is filled with dairy farms, dirt roads, and small-scale enterprises. The towns here are home to an intriguing mix of old-time Vermonters, back-to-the-landers who showed up in VW buses in the 1960s and stayed (many getting involved with municipal affairs; think Ben and Jerry), and newer, moneyed arrivals from New York or Boston who came to ski or B&B and never could quite leave.
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AttractionsFort Ticonderoga
On Lake Champlain
Ticonderoga, New York Description: Military-history buffs will be in heaven at this fort set right on Lake Champlain. Built by the... Read More
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Lake Champlain Ferries
King St. Dock
2901 Ferry Rd Burlington, Vermont 05401 Description: Car ferries chug across the often placid, sometimes turbulent waters of Lake Champlain from... Read More
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Quechee Gorge
Route 4
Quechee, Vermont 05059 Description: The Quechee Gorge is Vermont's longest and most famous gorge. It is a mile long chasm with a 200... Read More
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