Water is at the heart of Wickford, Rhode Island, where you’ll shop to the tune of gulls, take your morning coffee within sight of swans, and find the harbor a constant companion.
Rhode Island
Annie Graves
Roses belong to an enormous family called Rosaceae, encompassing thousands of plant species from apples to strawberries. Here are a few hardy-rose suggestions: Canadian Explorer Series (Zones 2–7): Developed in Ottawa at Agriculture Canada’s Central Experiment Station; exceptionally hardy roses bred from rugged parents with spectacular results. Vigorous climbers and shrubs; primarily red or pink; […]
An inn-to-inn walking adventure lets travelers discover a side of Vermont that you just can’t see by car.
Rose envy may be a thing of the past with these winter-hardy varieties. Not far from Mark Twain’s home in Hartford, Connecticut, is a garden that defies all weather. Planted in 1904, just six years before the humorist died, Elizabeth Park is the oldest public rose garden in the country, a spectacle of color and […]
New Hampshire
New London, New Hampshire | Could You Live Here?
New London, New Hampshire, is an inviting college town surrounded by lakes and mountains. Could you live here?
Connecticut
Essex, Connecticut | Could You Live Here?
With a bucolic setting on the Connecticut River and steeped in history and tradition, Essex, Connecticut, was once named the best small town in America.
An enormous “O” hangs in Jeff Soderbergh’s backyard, dangling from a cherry tree like a giant earring. He eases inside the hand-forged wagon wheel, fitting himself to its iron contours. Who could have guessed, back in the early 1800s when it was first wrought in Pennsylvania, that this utilitarian hoop would achieve a life […]
It couldn’t be more Vermont if you poured maple syrup over it: the winding dirt road, arching shade trees, fields sloping right and left, shaggy apple orchard, and finally, of course, the bent-over red barn, faded to a rosy blush. Midsummer afternoon in the hills of Putney, the light sharpens and spreads out, insects hum, […]
Explore Wickford, Rhode Island — home to the annual summer Wickford Art Festival — with its historic homes, scenic harbor, shopping, and more! You must love a harbor specked with sailboats, embrace dogs of every nation, and enjoy strolling through the 1700s—or the charms of Wickford, Rhode Island will elude you. If, however, such things […]
The Champlain Islands in Vermont float under the vacation radar, making it the perfect destination for those folks looking for a laid-back vacation getaway with plenty to do.
Just pedal or stroll and breathe in the salt air on Peaks Island, with views to tempt a sea captain. MORNING: Chances are you won’t be alone on the 20-minute Casco Bay Lines ferry ride over to Peaks Island; the nearly hourly departures are pretty full, at least on weekends. But once you land, in the […]