Since Yankee’s start in 1935, our pages have explored how are roots and where we come from, define who we are. Now, for the first time we’ve assembled some of our favorite sense of place stories into a single collection for an exclusive, iPad-only iPad issue. It’s a varied mix, 23 stories in all. Some will […]
Travel
What you can experience here in the Ocean State, you can’t experience anywhere else in New England—nor in all the world. Here, at the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, you may venture where no weed dares to tread, and where legendary tennis greats have volleyed for well over a […]
New Hampshire
Yankee Magazine Cover | July 1983
“Fourth of July in Rockport,” a watercolor by George Shedd.
If you’re looking for a great place to enjoy a pint, check out our list of some of the best beer establishments in New England. You can find more great regional recommendations like this in our May/June 2011 “Best in New England” issue. BEST TAVERN The London Tavern, Temple, NH With a menu that includes […]
A fun collection of facts, figures, and trivia about Maine’s most famous lighthouse.
Massachusetts
Provincetown Pier
Tourist sheds line along Provincetown, MA pier.
Massachusetts
Red Bottom Boat
Old dinghy in early morning fog near Salt Pond in Eastham, MA.
The Shantyman’s song bellowed across the deck of the schooner, setting the pace of the work to be done on this Maine cruise. -Who paid out all this chain, boys, Heave your man spikes down. -We’ll haul her back again, boys, Heave your man spikes down. The anchor needed to be raised after our first […]
The Belgrade Lakes in Maine, a cluster of seven bodies of water north of Augusta, draw visitors summer after summer to swim and fish in their cool, clear waters. The Belgrade Lakes are a cluster of seven bodies of water north of Augusta. There’s no Belgrade Lake per se, but Belgrade Lakes Village fills a narrow land strip […]
Rhode Island
Warren, R.I. Waterfront
Taken from across the Warren River, in Barrington, R.I.
Massachusetts
Rainbow over Redbridge
Caught a photo of this rainbow over our lake.
Yankee Classic Article from March 2000: In which the author discovers an unexpected knack for a medieval game played inside one of Newport, Rhode Island’s most obscure and discreet institutions. I have just hit the nick for the third time, and George Wharton, my instructor in the ancient and royal game of court tennis, is […]