Maine

Tall golden dunes

I was walking near the Ogunquit footbridge when I saw the sun setting on the tall golden dunes one November day !

New Hampshire

Moonlit Barn

While spending the night in Thornton, New Hampshire hoping to catch the Aurora Borealis, a friend showed me this old barn which I felt perfectly captured the feeling of New England winter. The fresh snow reflecting the moonlight, old barn, and wreath made a beautiful scene.

Maine

Maine Lighthouses | 15 Stunning Photographs

More than 60 lighthouses dot the craggy shoreline of the Pine Tree State, acting as beacons of light to ships at sea as well as area visitors. Here we present a sampling of those Maine lighthouses in this stunning slide show of images captured by our talented readers. [slideshow post_id=”167068, 145944, 152367, 166694, 120213, 539626, […]

Connecticut

Best Burgers in Connecticut

With its significant coastline and interior farmland, Connecticut suffers no shortage of great food from land and sea. But notwithstanding the state’s well-documented affection for pizza, it seems that the humble hamburger is the point of greatest pride in these parts–and it may have even been invented here. Where would American cuisine (and the U.S. […]

Massachusetts

Best Chowders in Massachusetts

As long as there have been fishing and cooking, there has been chowder. In one form or another, over many centuries, coastal cooks have served up some variation of local seafood simmered in a thick liquid—a dish more stew than soup. On the northwest coast of France, 17th-century fishermen cooked their concoctions in large cauldrons […]

New England

Okemo Mountain | Winter Is An Emotional Ride

During the winter, skiers and riders experience lots of weather-related emotional ups and downs. Okemo Mountain makes the ride worth it. If you are a skier or a snow lover, then you know that life during the winter is an emotional roller coaster ride related directly to weather. Perhaps if you are a non-skier or […]

Massachusetts

Cape Codder Resort & Spa, Hyannis, MA

It is 17 degrees outside, with a north wind snapping at anything that moves. The windchill makes it feel like zero. No worry. Here, the kids belly up to 2-foot waves, whip down an 80-foot waterslide, and dash under cascading falls. No, we are not at Disney World or in Maui — we are tucked […]

Massachusetts

Winter on Cape Cod

After the New Year Storm, on Sandy Neck Beach, Sandwich, Cape Cod, MA

New Hampshire

Celebrating the Dartmouth Winter Carnival

For more than 100 years, Dartmouth students in Hanover, NH have embraced winter in their own unique way with the Dartmouth Winter Carnival.

Maine

Acadia National Park in Winter | Yankee Classic

Yankee Classic from January 1996 If only you had come to Acadia National Park in winter when less than one percent of the year’s three million park visitors pass through. It would have been colder then, but at least you could have had the illusion that all this beauty was yours alone. I drove through […]

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