If you head to Southwestern Vermont the town called Bennington has a museum or two that may be worth checking out for out of staters. They have some Revolutionary War era artifacts, and tell the tale of the Battle of Bennington, and probably a bunch of paintings by Vermont artists, including Grandma Moses (not sure if she's from Vermont, but she's from the general area). There's also a typical obelisk style monument to the Battle of Bennington, and right across the border in New York is the actual battlefield site. I'm not sure if you want to head that far west just for Bennington though.