Winter Train Travel to Downtown Brattleboro

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Winter Train Travel to Downtown Brattleboro

Hate winter traveling? Or driving in the snow? Hate relying on last minute weather forecasts to dictate your weekend plans? Look no further …. We innkeepers here at 40 Putney Road B&B have a solution…. (da da daaaaaa) Take the Vermonter! Amtrak’s New England rail line, the Vermonter, goes from D.C. all the way to [...]

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Verde: For Garden and Home

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Verde: For Garden and Home

Downtown Brattleboro has no shortage of unique shopping for all ages and genders. For the ladies, one store in particular will draw you in: Verde, or sometimes called Verde Home and Garden Store. But don’t let the name mislead you. Peir 1 Imports doesn’t hold a candle to this little gem in downtown Brattleboro. You’ll [...]

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Summer Train Travel to Brattleboro

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Summer Train Travel to Brattleboro

We like to consider ourselves environmentally conscious innkeepers, so we made a list of summertime things to do if you take the train to Brattleboro and don’t have wheels (or at least a car).  The Vermonter rail line is one of New England’s fastest growing and easiest ways  to travel with a stop right here in [...]

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Lennox House

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Lennox House

Brattleboro gets Sucker Punched… The Lennox House for the Mental Insane is a fictional Asylum in the movie Sucker Punch. The Asylum in the movie is located in Brattleboro Vermont and is likely based upon the Brattleboro Retreat, which was formerly called the Vermont Asylum. The trailer for the movie (which opens in March of [...]

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