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SOUTHERN VERMONT HERITAGE

Hildene - Robert Todd Lincoln's "Hildene," home of Abraham Lincoln's descendants until 1975. Tour the restored Georgian Revival mansion. Hear the 1908 Aeolian organ. The original furnishings and personal family effects are still intact. Bring your camera and photograph the many picturesque views in the formal garden.

Historic Grafton Village - A lovingly restored 19th century community considered one of the finest examples of rural New England architecture. Explore self-guided nature trails and hiking trails. Or tour the Nature Museum, full of exhibits carefully designed to promote curiosity and be engaging. They communicate an understanding about local and world wide environments - their fossils, birds, mammals, minerals, habitats, botany, and more.

American Museum of Fly Fishing - Not just for anglers, this museum’s collections and exhibits provide the public with thorough documentation of the evolution of fly-fishing as a sport, art form, craft, and industry in the United States and abroad from the sixteenth century to present. Rods, reels, and flies, as well as tackle, art, books, manuscripts, and photographs form the major components of the Museums collections. Especially notable are the beautiful flies of Mary Orvis Marbury, as well as more than 1000 rods and reels owned by such well-known people as Daniel Webster, Bing Crosby, Ernest Hemingway, and presidents Hoover and Eisenhower. The museum supports a publications program through which its national quarterly journal, The American Fly Fisher, and books, art prints, and catalogs are regularly offered to the public.