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 […]
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 […]
Taken on the lobster boat f/v Up and Coming this summer, this image was taken as the sternman had a bit of fun.
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.
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 […]
Picking the right autumn destination is no easy feat. For the perfect fall experience, here are ten favorite New England foliage towns.
It’s finally happening! Beautiful fall foliage is emerging in northern New England, after a bit of a delay due to the recent heat. We knew that conditions were primed for the colors to come on, and with the slight drought and abundant sunshine, had even anticipated an early year. The lack of cool mornings, however, was […]
Old Narragansett Church is believed to be the oldest Episcopal church building in the Northeastern United States. It is located in Wickford, RI.
The Conway Scenic Railroad runs vintage equipment from the old round-house in North Conway, New Hampshire. From late spring to mid-December, some of the trains go south down the valley to Conway. The other trains run north to Glen and Bartlett through what an 1890 edition of Sweetser’s White Mountains described as “the broad intervales of […]
There is a point in my morning commute where it’s easy to get off the highway and take a scenic route along the shoreline of Lake Massabesic. I seem to find time to follow this route a lot more often in autumn, compelled to feel a connection to the land and landscape around me as […]
Yankee Magazine launched its first digital fall photo contest in 2004 and continues the tradition today. View the winning photos that were judged best of the best between 2004 and 2014 and published in the magazine. RETURN TO YANKEEFOLIAGE.COM
