Howard Mansfield

For the sisters of Canterbury Shaker Village, their way of life seemed nearly at its end—until a singing cowboy named Bud Thompson came along.

Every four years, when New Hampshire holds the nation’s first Presidential Primary, the media descend on a state they barely know. Here’s our guide to understanding it.

What happens when “antiques” go out of style but “vintage” remains popular? How a generational divide is upending the market for that most New Englandy of commodities.

New England was built upon the coast. Its fate will depend upon how well we adapt to a future that can no longer be ignored. How rising seas are changing the New England coastline.

New England’s covered bridges speak to us of both heritage and safe haven.

While much of the world frets about what to do about energy resources and climate change, three New England communities are showing that resourcefulness and ingenuity can still make a difference. Second in a two-part series about New England energy. Read Part 1: New England Energy | Power Struggles The Milford Town Hall fills up almost an hour before the meeting. […]

Here’s the dilemma: New England needs energy, but every proposed solution comes with risk, potential environmental damage, and public anger. First in a two-part series about New England energy.

Can New England’s small museums survive a nation’s short attention span? Can they still bear witness to lives that mattered, to the stories they tell?

Bob-houses aren’t beautiful, but on the ice they all seem to belong…and where else can you find lakefront home for free?

I’ve been fixing the same old pasture fence for more than 20 years, and in that time the fence has educated me. This old horse fence, unpainted wooden boards and posts, has schooled me in wood and tools. George Iselin built this fence 17 years before we bought our house with its old barn, outbuilding, […]

Romaine Tenney vowed he would never abandon his family’s Vermont farm, which lay in the path of the future Interstate 91. In the end, he loved his farm to death.

Would you have chosen integrity over money when the Northern Pass Project came to town? These New Englanders did, proving that love of place can run so deep that it’s like faith.