Vermont places of interest near the Riverbend Bed and Breakfast accommodations in the Jay Peak Area of the Northeast Kingdom

Blueberry Ridge
Blueberry Picking
North Troy
Pick your own blueberries in season July - September at Blueberry Ridge. 3382 River Road, North Troy - 802-988-4702


Bread and Puppet Museum
Route 122, Glover, VT
Mailing Address: RD 2, Box 153, Glover, VT 05839
Telephone: 802-525-3031

Many hundreds of puppets and masks, ranging in size from miniature cut-outs to towering giants, arranged in groupings by size, colors, and themes, often reenacting past Bread and Puppet Theater productions, are housed on 2 floors of a 130-year old barn. Activities in July and Auguts include paper-mache workshops, woodcut printing, bread making, and outdoor performances in the summer on Sunday afternoon. Write to above address for more information after April 1. A variety of posters, books, and booklets are also available.




Haskel Opera House The Haskell Free Library and Opera House
Derby Line, Vermont

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located in Stanstead, Quebec Stanstead is a town in the Eastern Townships in south-eastern Quebec, Canada. It was founded by the Talpin family in 1796, who came from New England in search of good farming land. The town blossomed in the 19th century, due to the influx of United Empire Loyalists and the development of the granite industry. It was accidentally built on the border between Canada and the U.S..

The stage is located in Stanstead, but the library check-out and the opera seats are located in Derby Line. Because of this, the Haskell is sometimes called "the only library in America with no books" and "the only opera house in America with no stage".

Montgomery Historical Society Montgomery Historical Society
Rte 118, Main Street, Montgomery, VT
Contact Person: Charles Henderson, President, 802-326-4869
Hours and Admission: July and August, Weekends, noon – 4:00 pm and By appointment. Free. Accessible to the disabled.

The society has renovated a former Episcopal church (built in 1835) to house its collections of photographs, albums, tools, and items of local interest.

This beautiful structure was purchased in 1974 and renamed Pratt Hall. It provides the community with a graceful meeting place. We are proud of the schedule of events the hall hosts. Summer concerts, arts and crafts exhibits, lectures, plays and fund raising events.

Our covered bridge restoration project is one of the many challenges faced by the Society. So enjoy their steadfast beauty, relish their charm and architectural design, and remember a time and era gone by.

If you are interested in information, bookings or an historical tour please contact: Sally Newton at 802-326-4720 of Marijke Dollois at 802-326-4404.

The Vermont Ski Museum

Vermont Ski Museum At the intersections of Rte 100 and 108 in the 1818 Town Hall in Stowe.

Open every day except Tuesday from 12 - 5 p.m. Suring the Summer months, Friday and Saturday until 8 p.m.
Admission by donation.








Old Stone House Museum & Brownington Historic District

Open May 15th through October 15th
General Admission - 5.00
County Residents - 4.00
Students - 2.00

Brownington was the home to two figures of national significance. Alexander Lucius Twilight, the first person of black ancestry to graduate from an American college, or to serve in a state legislature; and Samuel Read Hall, a pioneer in the field of teacher education. Both men were connected with the Orleans County Grammar School, which was established in Brownington in 1823 and was, for years, the only secondary school in the country.

The Old Stone House is an impressive granite building, completed in 1836, and constructed as a dormitory by Alexander Twilight. Today it is a museum interpreting the unique and sometimes surpriding history of the region and its people.

Brownington Village


Crystal Lake Falls Historical Association
The Pierce House, Water Street, P.O. Box 253, Barton, VT 05822
802-525-6251 or 802-525-3583
There are photographs and artifacts from Barton's industries and schools in an 1820s house. There is also a model of 200-year-old Barton Mill Hill, the "Brick Kingdom" factory site. Activities include summer exhibits.
Contact: Avis Harper or Robin Tenny
Information: mid-June to mid-Sept, Tues and Thurs, 2-4pm and by appointment. Free.



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Historic Albany Village School, VT Rte 14, Albany, VT
Mailing Address: PO Box 317, Albany, VT 05820
802-755-6105
War Memorial, erected in front of the Old Village School, was made possible by the Society. Collections are being formed, includes some school furniture, town reports, pictures and artifacts, even a sleigh, from townspeople. Complete inventory of all burials in seven town cemeteries was completed in 2001.
Contact Person: Paul Daniels, President, Daniels Farm Road, Irasburg, VT 05845, 802-755-6105, jkoliver@together.net
Hours and Admission: By appointment.


Glover Historical Society
Municipal Building, Glover, VT
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 208, Glover, Vt 05839
E-mail Address: gloverhistory@yahoo.com
802-525-8855 or 802-525-6227 (Town Clerk)
The Society's museum is located on the second floor of the Municipal Building, the former "Leonard Homestead." School photos, Civil War, cellar holes, home photos (then and now), and cemetery lists are some of the items being archived. Genealogy data is being gathered also. Many publications are available for sale.
Contact Person: Robert Clark, President, 802-525-8855
Hours and Admission: By appointment. No charge. *


Emory Hebard State Office Building Memphremagog Historical Society of Newport, VT
Museum, Emory Hebard State Office Building, 100 Main Street, Newport, VT
Goodrich Memorial Library, 200 Main Street, Newport, Vt
Mailing Address: 200 Main Street, Newport, VT 05855
802-334-6195
The first floor lobby of the building displays a mural "Celebrating Confluence" by Robert Carsten which is a pictorial timeline of the eras, periods, and times of Newport from Precambrian period to the present. Our museum and showcases are on the second floor lobby and corridors. "Crossroads Before and Beyond", an Abenaki cultural timeline of the native American presence in the Memphremagog Basin is in one corridor. The other contains photographic panels of the history, growth and life of Newport City and the surrounding towns. Showcases as mentioned have changing exhibits. A Walking Tour with historical markers allows one to stroll through history along the Waterfront and Main Street.
Contact Person: Ernestine Pepin, Secretary, 320 Mt Vernon Street, Newport, Vt 05855, 802-334-2813, erp@together.net
Hours and Admission: Museum: Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Saturday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.