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A dirt road winds with a stone wall alongside it, covered in snow against a blue sky.

How Has The Geology Of Vermont Affected Its Character?

If you’ve lived in a state for a long time, or grew up there, you probably have this feeling — when you drive into or out of it, you feel like you can…

Tristan Toleno, left, Annmarie Christensen and Rodney Graham serve in Vermont's House of Representatives.

Low Pay, Weird Schedule: Who Exactly Can Pull Off The Legislator Lifestyle?

Vermont’s citizen legislators get paid about $12,700 for five months of work. So, if you have a career and/or a family, how do you pull it off?This is the…

Men panning for gold in an 1887 photograph from the Plymouth Historical Society.

Gold In Vermont? Yup. From Dynamite To Panning, Here's How It's Worked

You've probably heard about the California gold rush of 1849 — but did you know that Vermont had its own mini-gold rush beginning around that same…

The steeple on the Unitarian Universalist church at the head of Church Street in Burlington.

The Origin Of Burlington's Church Street, From Ravine Bypass To Marketplace

A simple question about the history of Burlington's Church Street yielded some interesting trivia about the city, and the commercial district that now…

An angled upstairs window, or "witch window," on a house in Wolcott, Vermont.

What's The History Of Vermont's 'Witch Windows'?

You might have seen this architectural oddity on an old Vermont farmhouse, even if you didn’t know what to call it. It’s one of those upstairs windows…

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