Mount Desert Island is like a New England All Star team: Mountains and coastline, woodlands and lakes compactly converge on this 108-sq-mile destination.
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New England
Strawberry Festivals Beckon
Fresh from the field, baked in pies or tarts, dipped in chocolate, jellied, or in perhaps their ultimate form—served over shortcake with a generous dollop of fresh cream—strawberries are summer in New England.
Including the Litchfield Hills, the Connecticut Northwest Hills are home to many cultural activities, lovely rural scenery, active farmland, and the state’s highest peaks. No wonder it’s become a favorite city escape and vacation destination for those in search of beauty, culture, and relaxation.
Wondering where to eat in Connecticut? The Nutmeg State offers plenty of restaurant options for hungry residents and visitors alike. Here are our picks for the best dining in Best Dining in Connecticut for 2016. Best Breakfast: The Sloppy Waffle, Newington Pearl sugar from beets in the dough makes Liège waffles rich, crispy-sweet, and nothing like any […]
Looking for the best things to do in Connecticut? You won’t have to look far! Read our picks for the best attractions in Connecticut for 2016. Best Beach: Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison Buoyant waves, two miles of sugary sand, nearly 600 campsites, cycling paths: “Good bones,” as they say, but battering tropical storms left Connecticut’s […]
Wondering where to stay in Connecticut? We’ve got you covered! Check out our picks for the best lodging in Connecticut for 2016. Best Spa Escape: The Mayflower Grace, Washington Acquired by Grace Hotels in 2013, Connecticut’s notoriously luxurious 30-room country manor reinvented its uber-exclusive spa—open only to guests and members—last year, featuring the country’s only wellness […]
What are the best New England dishes worth traveling for this summer? Yankee’s food editor goes on the road to find 10 classics not to miss.
The tiny village of Noank, Connecticut, a south-facing peninsula at the junction of the Mystic River and Long Island Sound—once a summer camping ground for the Pequot people—is so camera-ready, so picket-fenced and cedar-shingled and nautical, it would be easy to believe that some movie crew-—maybe a team of set designers from Mystic Pizza, circa […]
Massachusetts
Cape Cod Summer Vacation | Photographs
Each summer, photographer Dominic Casserly’s large, extended family finds its way to a house by a beach, where the pace of life changes, yet everything important stays the same.
Looking for the best things to do in Rhode Island? You won’t have to look far! Read our picks for the best attractions in Rhode Island for 2016.
Wondering where to eat in Rhode Island? The Ocean State offers plenty of restaurant options for hungry residents and visitors alike. Here are our picks for the best dining in Best Dining in Rhode Island for 2016. Best Breakfast: Kitchen, Providence Outside this cash-only, five-table breakfast shrine, seekers and the faithful wait in line, often for an hour […]
Wondering where to stay in Rhode Island? We’ve got you covered! Check out our picks for the best lodging in Rhode Island for 2016. Best Boutique Motel: Breezeway Resort, Westerly This Misquamicut-area standout has a private beach just a short walk, drive, or bike ride away; a heated outdoor pool; and thoughtful staffers who anticipate vacationers’ […]