Maine

Classic Christmas Stories | A Visit to New Sweden, Maine, December 1991

The day of celebrating light dawns dark and cheerless. A cold east wind drives freezing mist up the valley, out of Caribou, across a half-dozen miles of frozen Aroostook potato field. In New Sweden the farmhouses are lit. On Jacobson Hill and Bondeson Corner, on Route 161 toward Jemtland, smoke rises from chimneys to greet […]

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Coming in January 2018

highlights /// A Guide to Winter Comforts Shake off the chill with the coziest inn in the world (we built it!), the best comfort foods around, and warm and welcoming New England pubs. /// Leaving Mary’s Farm How longtime Yankee columnist Edie Clark found “the best, most rewarding kind of love” in her little home on the […]

Maine

A Most Tasteful Retreat in Portland, Maine | Yours for a Week

Credit: courtesy of Airbnb.com Where It’s Located: Portland, Maine Price: From $89 per nightGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Minimum Stay: None Why We Love It: Besides its central location (between the East End and the Old Port), this lodging option provides both modern convenience and historic charm. The two-bedroom, […]

Maine

Where to Eat in Camden, Maine

A prime coastal getaway is also a surprisingly rich destination for foodies. Yankee’s senior food editor Amy Traverso shares her favorite places to eat in Camden, Maine.

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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 […]

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