Forks Timber Museum and New England Maple Museum

Forks Timber Museum The tiny town of Forks, Washington, is best known nowadays for its connection to Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga. However, before vampires took over the town, Forks was known as the "Logging Capital of the World." Today, Linda Offutt, museum manager, and Tom Rosmond, board president, join us to talk about how the timber industry transformed the Pacific Northwest. Website: www.forkstimbermuseum.org New England Maple Museum It's the end of winter, and you're driving through the backwoods of Vermont. As you round a corner, you see clouds of steam pouring out of a small barn. What lies behind those barn doors is one of the sweetest, most iconic northern substances: maple syrup. Laura Goodrich, General Manager of the New England Maple Museum and Gift Shop, lets us in on the history of sugaring in the northeast and tells us the secrets of how America's favorite condiment gets made. Website: www.maplemuseum.com