Homes New England Victorian Gingerbread Houses: The Story Behind the Region’s Most Ornate Style Discover how the exuberant New England Victorian gingerbread style, made famous at the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, became its most whimsical architectural tradition.
Homes Property Values: The Legacy of Yankee’s ‘House for Sale’ Column For seven-plus decades, Yankee’s wide-roving “House for Sale” column offered readers the chance to dream about moving to the country.
Magazine The Stone Houses of Chester, Vermont How a 19th-century masonry technique from Scotland created a treasure trove of rare stone houses and buildings in Chester, Vermont.
New England Remembering Russ Morash: The Man Who Revolutionized How-To TV When it came to building a new genre of television, “This Old House” creator Russ Morash went DIY all the way.
Magazine First Person | Discovering the Joys of an Arctic Plunge In praise of electrifying the senses with an icy ocean dip.
New England Hearth of the Matter | A Timeline of Santa’s Fireplace Challenges Children know it’s magic. For the rest of us, here’s a brief history of Santa’s fireplace escapades.
Homes How the Victorian Became the Official House of Halloween How the stately Victorian mansion became the blueprint for haunted houses.
Homes How the Casual Luxury of Shingle Style Came to Define the Grand New England Summer Cottage How the relaxed and informal Shingle Style came to be considered “the architecture of the American summer.”
Homes Built to Last: Ode to the Cape Cod House Year in and year out, nothing says New England like a Cape Cod house.
Homes The Truth About Sea Captains’ Houses In New England’s coastal towns and cities, gracious sea captains’ homes were built as showcases of success, but as This Old House veteran Bruce Irving discovered, the full story is a little more complicated.
Homes Hang On To The “Good Stuff” | 5 Ways to Love Old Houses We in New England are surrounded by the handiwork of long-ago craftsmen. The gospel of old house “good stuff” according to This Old House’s Bruce Irving.
Homes The Cape Cod House | New England’s Gifts Early New Englanders invented the Cape Cod house out of necessity, but its charm and ingenuity made it an American icon.
