Few places in American can rival the picturesque beauty of New England, particularly Southern Vermont. Tree-lined streets, pristine church steeples, bold mountains, sugar maples, and leaves saturated in oranges, reds and yellows in the fall season, all serve to make Southern Vermont a visually stunning destination for all things antiques. As it turns out, Southern Vermont has a lot of them. From 18th and 19th century formal and country American furniture to quilts, hooked rugs and other  More »

Few places in American can rival the picturesque beauty of New England, particularly Southern Vermont. Tree-lined streets, pristine church steeples, bold mountains, sugar maples, and leaves saturated in oranges, reds and yellows in the fall season, all serve to make Southern Vermont a visually stunning destination for all things antiques. As it turns out, Southern Vermont has a lot of them. From 18th and 19th century formal and country American furniture to quilts, hooked rugs and other textiles, drive around the area and you’ll come across many storybook towns rich with serenity and antiques. 50 miles from Manchester are more than 75 dealers, hidden in the Dorset, Arlington, Bennington, Danby, Wallingford, Wilmington, Chester, Newfane and many others, on and off routes 7 and 30. Though the trend is American and fine country furniture, you’ll also find tramp art and similar rustic items, European, as well as Scandinavian items. If you decide to extend your stay, travel further onto Glens Falls, Saratoga Springs, and other New York towns, where you’ll find even more treasures, or you can continue North on route 7 to Burlington, Vermont and Quebec’s Eastern Townships. There are also plenty of shows to partake in as well. On the last weekend of September, the Vermont Antique Dealers Association Show takes place at Hunter Park Pavilion in Manchester, drawing about 75 dealers with top-quality country and folk art pieces, and more formal high country furniture. The Hildene Antiques Show happens on the Sunday of that same weekend with 70 dealers, who offer a wide variety of New England inspired items. This area has smaller shows too, in Dorset and Hidene, and Newfane holds its annual Saturday show in mid-February. Sporting more your cup of tea? The Fly Fishing and Sporting and Antiques and Collectibles show in Manchester is the last weekend in June. And if you want to go to lower key shows, Southern Vermont’s two largest outdoor flea markets are in Wilmington, the last weekends in May through October. Whether you choose to visit this area for the mountains, sugar maples or antiques, Southern Vermont will not disappoint.   « Less

Known for their French-inflected New England ambience, Vermont not only offers breathtaking views of mountaintops and placid lakes, it’s filled with quaint rural towns, old winding roads, and mom and pop shops that sell everything from local cheeses to tasty sugar maples, to delicious wines. And that’s not all Vermont - stunning in all seasons - has to offer, it also boasts a rich array of antique stores. Antique stores in the Lake Champlain Valley and Southern Quebec sell country  More »

Known for their French-inflected New England ambience, Vermont not only offers breathtaking views of mountaintops and placid lakes, it’s filled with quaint rural towns, old winding roads, and mom and pop shops that sell everything from local cheeses to tasty sugar maples, to delicious wines. And that’s not all Vermont - stunning in all seasons - has to offer, it also boasts a rich array of antique stores. Antique stores in the Lake Champlain Valley and Southern Quebec sell country and vintage furnishings, with some formal pieces, many farmhouse finds and country pieces with time-worn painted surfaces. You’ll also find early-20th century pieces, along with exquisite china, glassware and textiles. Cross the U.S. side of the border to Burlington, and 40 miles from there, Lake Champlain islands and the towns of Colchester, Winooski, Essex Junction, Shelburne, New Havem Basic Harbor, Ferrisburgh, Charlotte, Middlebury, Vergennes, and St. Albans – and you’ll discover a lot more antiques where the ones from the other side of the border came from. But don’t stop your quest for antiques here. In Quebec’s Eastern Townships, there’s antiquing in North Hatley, Knowlton, and Eastman; you’ll also come across a few shops in Magog and Sutton. For big antiquing in Canada, head to Montreal or to Rue Saint-Paul in the Old Port area of Quebec City. In mid-October, Eastman, Quebec holds an annual weekend antiques show, which draws more than 30 dealers. Whether you want to stroll through quaint   « Less