Walkway to Red River Beach. Can you see the Seagull?
Massachusetts
Hidden Trails of Cape Cod
The trails shown here aren’t included in Cape Cod National Seashore literature, but it’s perfectly permissible to walk them, and they all have legal parking areas. When my husband worked for the trails division, he told me about the special places there that the public just isn’t aware of. I was surprised at the solitude […]
Early Summer Evening at Spec Pond
Lower Spectacle Pond near sunset.
Shed in Tyringham
A summer scene in rural Tyringham, Massachusetts.
Salem, Massachusetts | Golden City of Trade
[slideshow post_id=”554508″] Nowhere else on earth is the ocean more superfluous to a port city’s tourism industry than in Salem, Massachusetts. Some visitors don’t even realize it’s on the coast until they arrive. In the movies, the town is always shrouded in some misty forest. Somehow beaches and sea breezes don’t make for as ominous […]
Moby Dick Card Game | Whale’s Tale
By the time you’re back home from Yankee’s “Maritime Trail” adventures, you may be saying to yourself, “Call me curious, but I’m hooked on those 19th-century whaling expeditions!” The folks at King Post Productions may be able to help. Although hundreds of whaling voyages launched from New England ports such as New Bedford and Nantucket, […]
New Bedford, Massachusetts | Whaling Industry History
New Bedford, Massachusetts, embodies the grit and the tragedy of the whaling industry. Learn more about its rich maritime history.
The Bay State has plenty to offer in the Great Outdoors. Read our picks for the best outdoor attractions in Massachusetts for 2014. BEST WATERFALL: BASH BISH FALLS STATE PARK, Mount Washington From the early-summer mountain laurel in bloom to the blazing colors of fall foliage, even the drive to this state park is a […]
Deep Green River
Fall River in June.
Main Street in Spring
A typical spring day in the small New England Town of Great Barrington.
Coastal Massachusetts | Slide Show of Photographs
With a shoreline that swoops from the eastern edges of Rhode Island to the tip of the New Hampshire’s southern border, there’s a lot of beauty to explore in coastal Massachusetts. View a sampling of coastal scenes in this slide show of images submitted by our talented readers. [slideshow post_id=”162695, 152723, 162779, 139479, 126237, 136477, […]
Nantucket Rainbow Spring 2014
An amazing rainbow appeared, it was the most brilliant I’ve ever seen!!!