Exploring the beauty of Vermont's towns (all 251+ of them)

Vermont is known as the Green Mountain State. But come autumn, its mountain slopes are anything but green. As the leaves turn red and yellow and orange, picturesque towns turn into tourist hotspots.

Loretta Cruz and Aaron Agnew aren't your typical leaf peepers – they've come to the town of Waterbury on their honeymoon … sort of. When these Vermonters got married back in 2020, the pandemic forced them to cancel the trip they'd originally planned and stay closer to home instead.

"We had to think about, well, what are we going to do for our honeymoon?" said Cruz.