New Hampshire

New Hampshire Poem

by Michael H. James Off in the meddows where lies a hay stack, Comes a rugged old man to his weathered shack. Wears a black sock on one foot, gray on the other, Bares a milk pail in one hand, stool in tother. “Well blow me down”, he mutters away, Me keow hain’t give but […]

New Hampshire

When Keene Was Very Young

by Sewell Ford SCENE *The interior of a log cabin. A door is open at back centre. At Right is seen a crude stone fireplace with log mantle, crane, bake oven, etc. In front of fireplace a spinning wheel and stool. Near that a rough table and half-log bench. At Left a four-post bed. A […]

New Hampshire

The Story of New Hampshire’s 
Capital

TIME ENOUGH FOR many changes to take place has elapsed since the ordination of young Timothy Walker in a blockhouse in the wilderness. There, in 1730, the Reverend John Barnard of Andover, Massachusetts, who had come on horseback over the rough trail to the Plantation of Penny-Cook which he firmly believed to be the former […]

New England

Favorite General Store in Every New England State

From fine food and wedding dresses to hardware and the latest neighborhood news, the general store was the original one-stop shop. Learn where to find our favorite general store in every New England state.

Rhode Island

Bristol, Rhode Island | Fall Day Trip

A fall day trip to Bristol, Rhode Island, including historic downtown, Colt State Park, the Blithewold Mansion and Gardens, and more!

Maine

Acadia National Park | Photos

A collection of images celebrating the wild beauty of Maine’s Acadia National Park from authors and photographers Jerry and Marcy Monkman.

Maine

Bucksport, Maine | The Town That Refused to Die

When the paper mill that had defined Bucksport, Maine, for eight decades shut down just before Christmas 2014, the town, like others before it, could have withered away. Instead, something else happened.

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