I‘ve visited the USS Constitution during school vacations, crowded with chattering kids. I once sat in an open gunport, close to the water, during one of her annual turnaround cruises. I’ve seen the venerable frigate from below, when she was in dry dock, and I’ve touched her massive keel. But my most memorable visit of […]
Travel
Vermont
Jenne Farm | 7 Wonders of Fall
Jenne Farm in Reading, Vermont is the most photographed farm in New England, possibly in all of North America. Learn more about this picture-perfect spot.
New Hampshire
Littleton, New Hampshire | Could You Live Here?
Littleton, New Hampshire, is a White Mountains town where being Pollyanna-happy is part of local lore.
New Hampshire
Travel in Style
Surfer’s van pulled up at Sawyer’s beach in Rye, New Hampshire to catch the last days of warm water temperatures for the season.
Vermont
Vermont Cheesemakers Festival
Take a video tour of the Vermont Cheesemakers Festival.
New England
Finding Peak Fall Foliage Columbus Day Weekend
Finally, we have reached the big foliage weekend! In the northern New England states, Columbus Day weekend is typically the third biggest tourism weekend of the year, and the region celebrates in style with many fantastic festivals, fairs and events! Local residents have planned hikes and drives and traditional fun for the long weekend as […]
Vermont
Fall is coming
Covered Bridge on Batten Kill Road, West Arlington, VT. Taken last month on a wonderful trip to New England. I made a point of visiting this bridge after looking at a picture of it on my desktop for the last 5 years. What a wonderful part of the world. We just saw a glimpse of […]
Connecticut
Historic Houses of Connecticut
From the whaling port of New London to the onion farms of Old Wethersfield, Connecticut, photographer Ken Staffey collects the stories behind historic architecture in Connecticut. The following is a sampling of the photos — complete with a mini history lesson — that he shares on his Instagram account. Fowler House in Guilford, Connecticut, has had just […]
No other arboretum in North America is so old. Few boast more trees and shrubs gathered from around the globe. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard’s magnificent library of trees, 281 acres between South and Centre streets in Jamaica Plain, has always had two tasks: first, to provide a museum of well-ordered woody plants; second, to provide random […]
Maine
Right Back Atcha
Taken on the lobster boat f/v Up and Coming this summer, this image was taken as the sternman had a bit of fun.
Connecticut
Super Moon Eclipse and Light House Composite
I took a picture the other night of the supermoon eclipse in North East Ct, and combined it with a photo taken in Rockport Ma of one of the Twin Lighthouses.
Massachusetts
Durgin–Park | New England’s Gifts
At Boston’s Durgin–Park, you take a seat in the restaurant’s original North Market location (today part of Faneuil Hall Marketplace) and enjoy the same kind of meal—pot roast, baked beans, Indian pudding—that diners did when the place first opened in 1827. You may even experience the same sometimes-bawdy, often-sarcastic service that has made Durgin–Park a […]