A Rare Look Inside the Irasburg Elk Farm
Back in 2008, I had the opportunity to visit the Irasburg elk farm, to shoot this video for the owners. Although I had long forgotten it and thought it was lost, I just found it. […]
An Inspiring Walk Through Shelburne Museum
Shelburne Museum, just a stone’s throw away! I shot this video back in autumn of 2008, but just found it today in some backed up files. I think it was around the time I bought […]
Revisiting the Vermont Asbestos Group Mine
After many years (back in the 1990’s) I decided to revisit the Vermont Asbestos Group Mine to see how the effects of time had changed things. Now, a hazardous site and declared off limits to […]
Asbestos Mine in Vermont is Abandoned and Toxic
It had been many years since the last time I came anywhere near the Vermont Asbestos Group mine on the Lowell and Eden line, on the outskirts of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. As a matter of […]
Grout House – Politicians, Soldiers, and Haunted by Ghosts?
by Sylvia Dodge (Courtesy of Scott Wheeler of Vermont’s Northland Journal) Travelers heading east on U.S. Route 2 out of St. Johnsbury drive through a small wedge of the tiny Vermont town named Kirby. On […]
Get Rich by Panning for Gold in Vermont!
Let’s get rich panning for gold in Vermont! As the saying goes, “there’s gold in them thar hills!“, but that was mainly out West. What many people do not know is that people have been […]
The Ghost of a Vermont Lost Hiker on Mt. Mansfield
This story came if from our Vermont Ghosts & Myths Facebook Group and is quite intriguing. The article below was written by Jamie Ide and submitted by his wife, Emily. Read on and enjoy. If […]
Montgomery Ward – A Newport, VT Icon From the Past
by Scott Wheeler Newport’s Main Street was once the shopping mecca of Orleans County Shoppers flocked from other communities and the hills to shop in the many stores that lined the street—stores including several chain […]
Polar Bear Rescued by Derby, Vermont Man
by Scott Wheeler Climbing into his Chevy pick-up truck, Richard Nelson of Derby shoves a wad of chewing tobacco in his mouth and snaps open a can of Diet Pepsi – two staples in his […]
Live Free or Die in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
by Scott Wheeler Some people want to make ordinances against anything that brings joy to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom I’ve decided to make an ordinance of my own – to ban the use of lawn mowers. […]