Sunset at Annisquam Harbor Light Station
Massachusetts
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Connecticut
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
On a cold winter Saturday, I did something you can do at only one place on earth — climb aboard the last surviving wooden whaling ship. The 1841 square-rigged Charles W. Morgan has long been Mystic Seaport’s prime attraction, but nearly everyone who tramps along the deck or explores the dark recesses below does so […]
New England
Best 5 New England Restaurants with Fireplaces
Firelight is a time machine. Gaze into the swirling flames, feel the natural warmth radiating, hear the crackle of the wood releasing its energy, and you’re teleported to an age when fire—like food and drink—was a basic necessity. We’re comforted by the way a fireplace transforms a powerful force into a soul-soothing escape from the […]
New England
10 Best Winter Towns in New England
Looking for the best winter towns in New England? These 10 destination towns prove warmth is where you find it, both outside and indoors.
Massachusetts
A Perfect Weekend In (Greater) Boston
Can you get the full Boston experience in one weekend? Probably not. But that’s okay. It just means you’ll have to make a return visit.
Victoria Blewer left New York City in 1986 to devote herself full time to fine art photography in the quiet hills of Vermont. Her photographs are shot with black and white film — many with infrared black and white film, printed on a porous photographic paper, and then toned for color and longevity. Her technique […]
Travel
Christmas Reflections
Verner Reed’s photographs preserve moments large and small of how New Englanders lived 60 years ago. When Verner Reed (1923–2006) came upon this group of children gazing into the window of a toy store along Boston’s Washington Street at Christmas in 1955, he captured, unmistakably, a little girl’s wonder and ever-hopeful yearning. He titled it […]
New England
2015 Fall Photo Contest Finalists
Yankee Magazine‘s fall photo contest is always a winner with our readers, who submit hundreds of fall photos each year. After careful consideration, we’ve narrowed the entries down to five images that stand out from the rest. Congratulations to the finalists of our 2015 fall photo contest! The red, yellow, and green hues of this […]
New Hampshire
Farm in Sugar Hill
Photo of a farm on Route 117 in the beautiful town of Sugar Hill, New Hampshire.
Tucked away in the Nutmeg State’s Litchfield Hills, Salisbury, Connecticut, is a lovely town where it’s possible to take flight.
Massachusetts
Boston Tea Party Chest | Local Treasure
A simple chest that once held dolls, clothes, and kittens helps tell the story of the Boston Tea Party and a nation’s birth.
New Hampshire
The Rocks Estate Christmas Tree Farm in Bethlehem, NH
At The Rocks Estate Christmas Tree Farm in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, it’s as though a rural Downton Abbey has merged with Kris Kringle’s village.