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Greenfield, Massachusetts | Could You Live Here?

At the start of the Mohawk Trail sits Greenfield, Massachusetts, a scrappy combination of old-time New England and forward thinking, the first designated “green community” in the state.

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Stockbridge Christmas Celebration | Photographs

Step back in time and into a Norman Rockwell painting at Stockbridge, Massachusetts’ Main Street at Christmas celebration.  The weekend celebration includes everything from historic house tours to holiday caroling.  The celebration culminates with the recreation on Main Street of the famous painting.  Enjoy this slideshow of some favorite outtakes that photographer Joel Laino captured […]

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The Mohawk Trail Experience

The Mohawk Trail, New England’s first official “scenic tourist route,” has delighted millions of drivers for more than a century.

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Seals on Cape Cod | Photographs

Photographer William Huber spent time in Chatham, Massachusetts, last summer capturing photographs of  the gray seals on Cape Cod for a feature story in the magazine.  A growing population of these seals have made their home here, with a large concentration on Monomoy Island.  The island, which was designated a federal wildlife refuge in 1970, […]

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The Wellfleet Drive-In | Cape Cod

It was a good hour before dusk when we rolled into the Wellfleet Drive-In Theatre in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. It was a sticky July evening and like so many of the other families vacationing on the Cape that were around us, we took our time selecting the perfect spot. This one’s too far. This one’s a […]

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Pettengill Farm’s Vintage Bazaar

I am always on the hunt for something to finish up a room or reinvent a space.  It drives my husband nuts, and me sometimes too, but when I find the right piece, I can move on to the next room—until I find another piece that completely derails my “finished” space. And truthfully, old vintage […]

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Spectacle Island | An Island Retreat Minutes from Boston

Boston’s Spectacle Island is the ultimate story of urban revitalization. A former smallpox quarantine and garbage dump turned into a bucolic retreat for city dwellers…with the help of truckloads of dirt excavated from the Big Dig. And it’s just a 20-minue boat ride from Boston.   The human tale of Spectacle Island goes back centuries. […]

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