In the foothills of the White Mountains, Fryeburg, Maine, is a town whose personality comes to life in a fair to remember.
Annie Graves
Passed down through three generations, heirloom tools keep a family tradition alive.
How one Maine couple turned a 1984 house into the antique home of their dreams. The light feels old … What’s surprising, though, is the warmth of color saturating the walls and furniture: dark mustard thick enough to sink your teeth into; rosy wooden chairs, like faded flowers; a dough box the color of silvery […]
The wildly beautiful Maine Peninsulas invite ambling and stopping, so it’s so surprise that they’re also home to many wonderful places to eat, shop, and stay.
The wildly beautiful Maine Peninsulas invite ambling and stopping … And returning again and again.
New Hampshire
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire | Could You Live Here?
The place where it all started: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (population 6,269). This pretty lakeside town welcomes you to The Oldest Summer Resort in America.
Shari Zabriskie spins birch trees and sea urchins on her potter’s wheel, making beautiful clay pottery.
Eric Holch, Nantucket’s best-known printmaker, captures a world of eternal summer.
Rhode Island
Beaches of South County, Rhode Island
Whether you seek isolation or bustle, waves or calm ripples, there’s a beach—and a beach town—for everyone in South County, Rhode Island.
Each April, spring foragers hunt the many varieties of New England wild edibles with delicious results. There’s something magical about wild food: It draws us closer to the earth—and it’s delicious. Maybe it’s easy to romanticize this ease with nature, but it is romantic. Our great winter hibernation rumbles to its end in the first real warming days […]
In Newbury, Massachusetts, slate artist Michael Updike etches stories into stone.
Connecticut
Chester, Connecticut | Could You Live Here?
In Chester, Connecticut, you’ll find a compact downtown that’s beautiful, friendly, and cosmopolitan, while hugging close its small-town New England character.