Modern Heritage Living
The places behind the things we love.
AVANT explores the landscapes, towns, homes, hotels, flea markets, architecture, and design traditions that shaped American craft and style, from historic backroads and great camps to legendary markets and enduring interiors. Part travel guide, part cultural history, for readers who want to discover the places, objects, and stories behind heritage style.
AVANT's first chapter in the Heritage Travel Series — nine days across western Massachusetts and New York, opening at the Brimfield Antique Show and closing at Mohonk Mountain House. Mill towns given a second life, a discreet Hudson Valley estate with a civil-rights history, a Catskills motel bought back by its own guests, and the antique fields and detours that connect them.