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Take 10: Pizzerias
You can find great pizza just steps away from Boston. Here are a few picks around the region.
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Vermont crafters open studios Memorial Day weekend
By Jan Shepherd, Globe Correspondent It wouldn’t be Memorial Day holiday without a trip to Vermont for the fabulous statewide Open Studios weekend with...
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Winooski, Vt.
A recent downtown revitalization project has given a boost to Winooski, a former mill town neighboring Burlington that has become a popular destination for dining, art, and outdoor recreation.
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Serious truffles at Laughing Moon
If you thought "localvore" only meant fruits and salads, think again. This Vermont chocolatier makes tasty treats with local ingredients.
Yestermorrow Design/Build School
At the Yestermorrow Design/Build School in the lush Mad River Valley, learning and doing are one and the same thing.
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The wild lives in a small-town museum in Vermont
If the two bronze lions on stone pedestals out front of the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium are not enough to capture attention, the snarling stuffed bears inside should do the trick.
Agriculture with business sense
In recent years Hardwick, Vt. has seen a half-dozen innovative agricultural enterprises crop up, many with mission statements including such words as “community-based,’’ “sustainable,’’ and “organic.’’
New England food tours
From Vermont to Rhode Island, here in New England, a dozen or so tours tap into the food traditions of distinctive places.
Vermonters transform local park
Nestled in Rutland’s northwest corner, Pine Hill Park is a 300-acre oasis for trail runners, mountain bikers, hikers, walkers, and snowshoers.
A man of his craft
Despite his arrival on the Vermont beer scene less than a year ago, Shaun Hill is already maxed out, making a batch a day, cranking out about 20,000 gallons of beer a year.
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Familiar places put them in a creative state of mind
The cliffs of Lake Willoughby plunge so deeply that “when Jane thought of the hundreds of feet of dark, frigid water just below the surface, the bottoms of her feet tingled.’’
All new lives, right out of the blue
Spend a weekend at The Blue Horse Inn and you might think you’re staying at a chic European country house.
Shrine echoes from ancient Turkey
Meryem Ana Evi, the House of the Virgin, is believed to be the last residence of the Virgin Mary and is a sacred pilgrimage site for Christians and Muslims. Its mirror image, replicated stone for stone, sits on a verdant hillside in Vermont.
This bit of the Long Trail is nothing short of a challenge
On the south side of the mountain a mile from the ski area, low-lying clouds create a thick, chill fog around the old fire tower.
The Moses palette
An inspiration to generations of late bloomers, Anna Mary Robertson Moses drew from memory to paint a pre-modern rural world.
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Nothing doing
It is precisely because there isn’t much to do in the village of Lake Elmore in Vermont that people are drawn to the place.
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History breathes down the years
Barely scratch the surface of almost any New England city or town, and some interesting tidbit of history lurks beneath.
Behind the old-time veneer
Most country stores offer more than dubious snacks to tourists, they're a sustaining element in Vermont village culture.
To the kitchen before the spa
The Essex is New England's first (and so far, only) full-service culinary resort.
Freewheeling
After years in the making, Kingdom Trails rules with mountain bikers looking for thrills, scenery, the scent of pines and, at the end, their badge of mud.
Pints, pitchers, and proximity
There may or may not be a craft beer heaven, but Burlington, Vt. - busting with pubs and tap rooms - comes close. Read the story