Here are Yankee Magazine’s picks for the best places to stay, eat, and see for Ogunquit, Maine, ranked #1 Beach Town in New England.
Travel
The editors of Yankee Magazine share their recommendations for the best lodging, things to do, and places to eat in the 25 best beach towns in New England.
Travel
The Bridge To Kennebunkport
When the elevator door slides open at the top of the Penobscot Narrows Observatory, the view hits you suddenly, startlingly. The glass wall of the tower is disturbingly close, and beyond it, the Penobscot River Valley unfolds 420 feet below. For a split second it feels as though you’ve been deposited directly into the clouds. […]
New England
Best 5 Classic Baseball Fields
Contributing editor Jim Collins wrote about fields of dreams in The Last Best League (Da Capo Press, 2004), a narrative account of one season in the fabled Cape Cod Baseball League. “Of course, no ballpark in New England–or anywhere else–can touch Fenway Park,” he says. “But you already know that.” For photos and histories of […]
New England
My Hometown Photo Contest 2012
The 2012 My Hometown Photo Contest is now closed. Winners were announced in the March/April 2013 issue of Yankee Magazine. Find out which photos took top honors.
New England
2012 New England Icon Photo Contest Finalists
When you think of New England, what image comes to mind first? We asked our readers to send us their most iconic photographs of the region, and we received quite a diverse response. Here are the judges’ comments on why these five photos were deemed the best of the best. Moonrise over Peacham, Vermont by […]
New Hampshire
The Friendly Farm in Dublin, NH
Last weekend two of my best friends, Melissa and Kayte, made a pilgrimage from Brooklyn to my new hometown of Keene, New Hampshire. Because they are both native New Englanders, I wanted to make sure their visit included some of the things they couldn’t get in Brooklyn. After a leisurely breakfast of eggs and homemade […]
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, Maine began life in 1952 as an artists’ cooperative called Maine Coast Artists. It was still Maine Coast Artists in 1992 (and always will be to me) when it celebrated its 40th anniversary with a landmark exhibition entitled On the Edge: Forty Years of Maine Painting […]
“I’ve been coming here for 50 years!” my dad announces as we sit in the back dining room of The Student Prince in Springfield. The waiter smiles. I’m sure it’s not the first time he has heard that. Looking around, I see a crowd that my grandmother, Rose, would have described in her northern Italian […]
Rhode Island
Sunset At Wickford Harbor Ri
We were in Wickford RI in the Summer of 2010, for thier Summer concert — when all of a sudden the sky lit up with this prilliant sunset. Enjoy !
Rhode Island
Burning Off
Fog is a fact of life along the New England coast. Near the end of summer, the fog on Barrington Harbor burns off revealing, little by little, the boats on their moorings.