Vermont

• Before becoming part of the United States, Vermont was its own country from 1777 to 1791.

• Vermont has the smallest capital city in the country.

• You won't find a skyscraper in Vermont.

• Vermont Teddy Bear Company, approximately 500,000 teddy bears are made in Vermont each year.

• Vermont is one of four states that have banned billboards. This ban has been in effect since 1968.


• It's illegal to undress in public in Vermont, but if you leave your house naked, it's totally fine.

• Rutland - cars are forbidden from backfiring.

• Delivery men must walk backwards in driveways of homes worth more than $500,000.

• Whistling underwater is illegal.

• It is illegal to deny the existence of God.

• It’s against the law in Vermont for vagrants to procure food by force.

• It is illegal to paint a horse in Vermont.

• Never call a Vermont court a ‘kangaroo’ court. Defaming a court of law in the state of Vermont is against the law and could get the defamer a $200 fine.

• No more than six meals per day and one bath per week.

• Women need permission from their spouses to get dentures.


• Waterbury - Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard - The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

• St. Johnsbury - Dog Chapel - A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

• Bellows Falls Petroglyphs - These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

• Williamstown - Knight's Spider Web Farm - The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

• Burlington - Flying Monkey Sculptures - Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings.