Lucas St. Clair’s mission was nearly impossible: to win support for Maine’s biggest swath of national park land despite controversy around its benefactor— who also happens to be his mother.
Ian Aldrich
We asked veteran Maine musher Polly Mahoney: What makes a top dog?
Vermont photographer Richard W. Brown pays tribute to the vanished landscape of Vermont hill farms and to its people, his friends.
New England
This Issue | What’s Old Is New Again
It’s about a three-second walk from my office to the room where we keep the Yankee archives. Whoo, that place can be a time-suck. Many a time I’ve ventured into the room to look up an old article only to emerge, half an hour later, with a new appreciation for bean hole suppers, Stephen King’s […]
Massachusetts
Favorite Inns and Hotels in Salem, MA
Salem, Massachusetts, is one of New England’s most popular historic cities. Planning a visit? Don’t miss our list of top hotels in Salem, MA.
When you live on an island like Nantucket, it’s traditions like high school football that define local pride.
Our annual celebration of extraordinary New Englanders honors a Maine couple on a mission to put the great outdoors within everyone’s reach and a Massachusetts mother working to connect, support, and empower parents of seriously ill children.
In his new book, Vanishing Vermonters, writer and photographer Peter Miller both honors Vermont and captures a side of his home state he fears we may be losing.
New England
This Issue | October Surprise
Last October I did something I never thought I’d do: I boarded a tour bus in Boston with some 50 strangers for a weeklong foliage journey around New England. For most of my adult life I’ve had an almost allergic reaction to traveling with more than a few people at a time, and since I’m […]
Massachusetts
Nantucket After Labor Day | Nantucket, Massachusetts
An early fall visit to Nantucket after Labor Day gives visitors the best the island has to offer — shopping, dining, strolling, and harbor views — but with less crowds and lower prices.
A week on a guided foliage tour shows off not only New England but a bit of human nature, too.
The Patten Lumbermen’s Museum takes visitors into the rugged and essential lives of those who felled the trees that helped build a nation.