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Stories poured slow from Vermont’s farms, workshops, trails, and covered-bridge towns — steeped in amber light and woodsmoke.

Sugaring Season Steams to Life in the Mad River Valley

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Sugaring Season Steams to Life in the Mad River Valley

The first warm days after a hard freeze send sap running, and Vermont's sugarhouses fill with sweet steam once more.

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Sap, soil & season

Farms

Grass-Fed and Rotationally Grazed: A Pasture Revival

Grass-Fed and Rotationally Grazed: A Pasture Revival

Morning Milking at a Champlain Valley Dairy

Morning Milking at a Champlain Valley Dairy

The White Barn and the Family That Kept It

The White Barn and the Family That Kept It

Saving the Barn That Anchors the Farm

Saving the Barn That Anchors the Farm

A century-old bank barn near Middlebury gets a new foundation — and a second life — thanks to a stubborn preservation crew.

Made by hand

Craft

Sunday at the Cheesemonger's Market Stall

Sunday at the Cheesemonger's Market Stall

When the Market Stall Becomes a Classroom

When the Market Stall Becomes a Classroom

The Cheese Cave Where Time Does the Work

The Cheese Cave Where Time Does the Work

The Taproom That Put a Tiny Town on the Map

The Taproom That Put a Tiny Town on the Map

A farmhouse brewery in the Northeast Kingdom draws pilgrims who drive hours for a single fresh pour.

Rest & restore

Beauty & Wellness

The Nordic Sauna Comes to the Lakeshore

The Nordic Sauna Comes to the Lakeshore

A Wellness Retreat for Two in the Green Mountains

A Wellness Retreat for Two in the Green Mountains

The Burlington Salon Where Color Is a Conversation

The Burlington Salon Where Color Is a Conversation

A Day Spa in Stowe Built on Mountain Quiet

A Day Spa in Stowe Built on Mountain Quiet

Steps from the slopes, a serene treatment suite offers skiers and leaf-peepers a place to thaw and unwind.

Mountain & trail

Outdoors

A Gondola Ride Above the Autumn Canopy

A Gondola Ride Above the Autumn Canopy

Smugglers' Notch, Where the Road Squeezes Through the Mountains

Smugglers' Notch, Where the Road Squeezes Through the Mountains

Hiking Camel's Hump Before the Crowds

Hiking Camel's Hump Before the Crowds

Opening Day at Killington, the Beast of the East

Opening Day at Killington, the Beast of the East

With its sprawling terrain and early snowmaking, Killington often fires up the lifts before anywhere else in the region.

Farm to table

Dining

The Tasting Menu That Changes With the Fields

The Tasting Menu That Changes With the Fields

Candlelight and the Case for the Special-Occasion Dinner

Candlelight and the Case for the Special-Occasion Dinner

The Market Garden That Feeds the Restaurant Next Door

The Market Garden That Feeds the Restaurant Next Door

The Farmhouse Supper Served by Lamplight

The Farmhouse Supper Served by Lamplight

On-farm dinners bring diners out to the fields, to eat where the food was grown under the open sky.

Small-town life

Villages

The Summer Fair That Brings the Village Together

The Summer Fair That Brings the Village Together

The Bridge That Frames the Seasons

The Bridge That Frames the Seasons

The Rural Road That Leads Past Everything That Matters

The Rural Road That Leads Past Everything That Matters

The Covered Bridge That Still Carries the Town

The Covered Bridge That Still Carries the Town

More than a postcard, a working covered bridge in the hills near Montgomery remains a daily part of village life.