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  • Sterling Pond Trail Near Smugglers’ Notch: A 2.2-Mile Hike Worth Every Step

    Earlier this week, I set out for a spring hike on the Sterling Pond Trail, one of Vermont’s most iconic short hikes. Just off VT-108 in Smugglers’ Notch, this ~2.2-mile out and back climbs steadily through the forest and delivers one of the most peaceful alpine ponds you’ll find anywhere in the state. Trail Stats…

  • Strange Vermont Town Names and the Stories Behind Them: Satan’s Kingdom, Calais, and More

    Vermont has a reputation. Maple syrup. Ski towns. Progressive politics. Cozy inns. But look closer and you’ll find a wilder story etched into the signs nailed up along its winding backroads. This is a place where town names don’t just sound odd. They are odd. They beg questions. They pick fights with pronunciation. And they…

  • How Vermont Helped Invent Organic Farming and the Local Food Movement

    When people think of Vermont, they picture foliage porn and maple everything. Postcard-perfect barns. Maybe a Bernie meme. But underneath all that wholesome, flannel-wrapped charm is a quiet agricultural revolution. One that did not come from think tanks or Silicon Valley food labs, but from stubborn farmers, anarchist cheesemakers, and back-to-the-landers with dirt under their…

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