Children come of age in the cold,deep swimming holes of summer. I grew up in the village of Walpole, New Hampshire, a mile from a little swimming hole called “Hovey’s.” It was nothing more than a deep spot in a brook, really–probably not known to more than a handful of local families. But I can […]
Where do the experts go to find the best ice cream in New England? Read on to find travel and cookbook authors Jane and Michael Stern’s favorite ice cream stands and shops. Famed travel and cookbook authors Jane and Michael Stern travel thousands of miles for their popular Web site, roadfood.com, so we asked them […]
Have you ever decided to do something that for most of your life you’d never have even dreamed of doing?
“American Farm,” by Wendell Minor.
There may be no meal more memorable than lobster enjoyed on a wharf piled high with traps and the sea at your feet.
Willow, an American Milking Devon at Manysummers Farm in Cornish, New Hampshire, has yellow honeysuckle flowers scattered across her broad, burgundy colored back, a consequence of grazing the lush grass beneath the blossoming shrub. As she considers at the visitors who’ve entered her pasture, half -munched grass dangles from her muzzle. She blinks, then lets […]
Few college towns are as visitor-friendly as Hanover, New Hampshire. Here’s a list of our favorite Hanover attractions, museums, bakeries, hotels, and where to find the best gelato around.
The “Upper Valley” along the Vermont/New Hampshire border is a collection of little-known small towns featuring the New England we all look for.
One of the prettiest little ponds in New Hampshire belongs to the people of Peterborough and their happy, barking companions.
The trails shown here aren’t included in Cape Cod National Seashore literature, but it’s perfectly permissible to walk them, and they all have legal parking areas. When my husband worked for the trails division, he told me about the special places there that the public just isn’t aware of. I was surprised at the solitude […]
From whaling and fishing to warfare, trade, and shipbuilding, Yankee traces the shifting fortunes of our maritime heritage at four historic seaports.
The Bold Coast Trail in Maine—a pristine and at times solitary trek along rugged ocean cliffs and through forests of spruce and fir—may be off the beaten path, but when you find it, you won’t soon forget it.
