Most Vineyarders love the Rock, but come winter, many embrace the opportunity to indulge their wanderlust. Here are a few globe-trotting adventures to enjoy vicariously, or perhaps inspire a trip of your own.

Moira C. Silva

Tended by one dedicated family for one hundred years, Shearer Cottage in Oak Bluffs has a rich history as a gathering spot for vacationing African Americans.

Shelley Christiansen

Marc Brown, the creator of Arthur, and his wife, artist Laurie Krasny Brown, have turned their Vineyard Haven home into the perfect setting to sustain and invigorate their creative pursuits.

Nancy Tutko

Finding a crowd in the dead of winter can be a pleasant surprise.

Jim Miller

Many creative Vineyarders find the quiet solitude of an Island winter to be a most fertile environment for productivity, no matter the medium.

Shelley Christiansen

In the classroom and online, schoolchildren are learning multi-layered lessons derived from the Island’s rich whaling heritage.

Moira C. Silva

When fishing quiets down in the chill of autumn, many head to the woods for hunting season.

Entranced by the age-old tile work in Italy, Dana Nunes returned to the Island and got busy adorning surfaces of her Vineyard Haven home with creations using discarded tiles of a local dealer.

Shelley Christiansen

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