Vermont

A Perfect Weekend in Burlington, Vermont

Vermont’s cultural center mixes urban flair with outdoor appeal.   Like much of Vermont, Burlington is both a place and a lifestyle. Urban and outdoors, earthy and upscale, local and international. Located on the widest portion of Lake Champlain, with views of the neighboring Adirondack Mountains, this metropolis on the water packs big city perks […]

Rhode Island

Mount Hope Bridge View

The Mount Hope Bridge can be seen through the reeds during sunset.

Rhode Island

Sunset Seagull

This seagull was taking a stroll through the high tide during a typical summer sunset.

Vermont

Sundial Sunset

Taken as the sun set over the Adirondack Mountains at Burlington’s Oakledge Park, on the shores of Lake Champlain, at the Earth Clock.

New England

New England Peak Fall Foliage Outlook Updated

Labor Day weekend marks the symbolic ending of the summer season in New England. Officially, autumn won’t arrive until September 23rd this year, but the line of boats and RV’s traveling south out of the lakes and mountains of northern New England on Monday indicates the true transition in mindset has already begun. With summer’s […]

New England

Instagram New England | #yankeebarns

Did you know Yankee is on Instagram? In July we asked you to share your favorite New England barn photos using the hashtag #yankeebarns. We received an awesome response. Below are ten of our favorites. December Instagram Challenge Share your favorite New England fall pictures (hiking, leaf peeping, pumpkin carving, cider donut munching — you […]

Maine

Moose Safari | Spotting Maine’s Majestic Wildlife

We’re rounding a gentle meander on Socatean Stream, a remote and narrow tributary that empties into the wild northwest corner of Moosehead Lake. My guide is deftly piloting his pontoon boat up a winding and elusive channel edged with the bleached skeletons of ancient stumps and floating mats of rustling grasses. Even hard-core city dwellers […]

Rhode Island

Narragansett, Rhode Island | Adventures of a New England Dog

A summer visit to Narragansett, Rhode Island, featuring Rudy, the adventurous New England dog. Join him as he takes in the sights, sounds, and tastes of this coastal Ocean State town. It was a hot one. But dreamy just the same… Rhode Island had long been on Rudy’s bucket list. “Small state, small dog—it’s a […]

New England

Fall In New England Is About More Than Just Foliage

Signs of autumn have been tough to come by this past week, but on the way out the door this morning, I was snapped into an autumn sensory overload.  The air was warm, humid, stagnant, and generally un-September-like, but it also was thick with the smell of ripe Concord grapes growing wild on the vines […]

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