The Dog Team Tavern’s Tragic and Haunting History
As you drive through New Haven, VT, just about 4 miles north of Middlebury, you may notice a sign that leads to Dog Team Road, behind the Lester Farm Market, just off busy Rte 7, […]
Historic and Fascinating Vermont Covered Bridges
Visit Vermont … famous for its many covered bridges Vermont is home to many covered bridges, which are wooden bridges that have a roof and siding to protect the structural members from the elements. These […]
Discover the Sad, Tragic Death of Teddy the Beloved Black Bear
by Scott Wheeler The August issue of Vermont’s Northland Journal included an article about the zoo that was located for a time at Crystal Brook Farm in Derby. A short walk from the village limits […]
Discover the Mysterious Origin of VT’s Awesome Sentinel Rock
Visit Vermont and Discover the Northeast Kingdom! Sentinel Rock, located on Hinton Hill Road in Westmore, VT, is a huge rock left over from the glaciers that formed nearby Lake Willoughby. Does the massive boulder, […]
Long Before Phish in Coventry – Mac’s Party Vermont Music Festivals!
“Mac’s Party” Vermont music festivals, triggered events that eventually culminated in Phish’s Coventry performance While Phish may have hosted perhaps the largest Vermont music festival, the Mac’s Party festivals were far more influential in changing […]
Celebrating the Fascinating History of Shelburne, Vermont
Shelburne, Vermont’s 250th birthday The Town of Shelburne was chartered on August 18, 1763. In that year, Governor Benning Wentworth of the New Hampshire Colony granted charters to thirty-seven towns. Controversy had developed between the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Does a Legendary Monster Lurk in the Depths of Lake Memphremagog?
by Scott Wheeler Lake Memphremagog is home to a gigantic monster—at least that is what some people say For many years, people have reported seeing what some consider a lake monster, or lake serpent, swimming […]