America has always been about reinvention. Disruption from the Industrial Revolution and global competition (sound familiar?) strained Vermont agriculture at the end of the 19th century. In an effort to modernize agriculture, agricultural big thinkers, often funded by wealthy philanthropists, encouraged the development of model farms. From [...]

Editor's Note: Below is the remarkable story of a200-year-old Vermont farm and its many incarnations.The place hastransitioned from asubsistence hill farm to a model agricultural estate to today'sultra-boutique vineyard with its grand summer mansion and original outbuildings, coolly reinvented for the 21st [...]

When I was at Bennington College in the mid-70s, on many weekends I would drive up to Randolph Center, a 2.5 hour drive, to stay with a friend who raised Morgan horses. I became very good at navigating back roads to get there, as it was boring always going the speedy way, Rt. 7 to I [...]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in one of LandVests properties? We invite our owners to tell us a bit about their experience, what they love about their homes and a bit of their history. The owners of [...]

Old houses fascinate me. Perhaps thats because I grew up in a new one. My parents were very fond of their small, suburban ranch house, bought in 1939. My mother, whose childhood home had been large and rambling, told me that it had been her dream to live in a modern house, all on one floor. My father, who had grown up in poverty, was just [...]

Spring in Massachusetts budding flowers, the Boston Marathon, and Patriots Day celebrations. Every year, Massachusetts communities celebrate Patriots Day and we remember those who have sacrificed for our freedom, and a milestone in American history demonstrating [...]

Winter House on Cuttyhunk has Sold

  Winter House on Cuttyhunk Island, one of the Elizabeth Islands off the south coast of Massachusetts and adjacent to Marthas Vineyard, just set a new sales record -- trading for $2,400,000. Asked what makes this property so attractive, heres what brokers [...]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in one of LandVests properties? We invite our owners to tell us a bit about their experience, what they love about their homes and what makes their property special. The owners of Jericho Brook Farm in Hartford, Vermont share their story and what they love about this pastoral farm that is just 6 miles from Dartmouth [...]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in one of LandVests properties?

We invite our owners to tell us a bit about their experience, what they love about their homes and what makes their property special. The owner of 17 Mountain Ave in Woodstock, Vermont shares her story and what she loves about this historic Woodstock, Vermont village [...]