Known for its maple syrup, cheese, and covered-bridge quaintness, what you will not find are billboards along the roads. Getting rid of them was done to preserve the New England charm.

What you will find are hundreds of acres of farmland and forest, lined with rivers, lakes and creeks. Vermont also has great skiing at resorts like Killington, Sugarbush, Stowe and Mt. Snow.

Lake Champlain is the sixth-largest body of fresh water in the United States. Vermont has colorful autumns that reveal red, orange, and gold foliage on sugar maples as cold weather approaches.