New England

End of Ski Season | Snow Snow and No Snow

During the heart of winter, it’s common for me to field questions about my weekend winter activities. But this time of year, when I tell people on Monday mornings at the water cooler that I spent the last two days skiing, they look at me in disbelief. The weekend before last at Saddleback and Sugarloaf […]

New Hampshire

Ziplining in the White Mountains

Zipline tours are the new rage in New England ski towns. Alpine Adventures in Lincoln, in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, offers two courses; some jumps feature dual lines, letting riders race each other. Listen to Yankee editor Justin Shatwell describe his adventure on the zipline. Photos by Annie Card.

Maine

The Maine Guide

For more than a century, Maine Guides have been enduring symbols of the Maine woods. Find out more about this profession whose roots are steeped in tradition. Read more about the Maine Guide Produced by: The Bros. Kozowyk

Vermont

Homegrown: Hill Farmstead Brewery in Vermont

The new honey saison on Hill Farmstead’s roster of craft beers is the very model of genteel elegance: a gauzy-golden farmhouse ale redolent of local wildflower honey, citrus peel, and ripe banana, with a vaguely medicinal finish that imposes structure the way a cinch belt curbs a frilly frock. Or rather, it will be, once […]

Maine

Maine Driving Tour | Pemaquid Penninsula Loop

Lobster shacks and a lighthouse, craggy shores and a sand beach, boat-filled harbors and postcard villages: Looping the Pemaquid Peninsula, via Routes 130 and 32, reveals it all. Begin in Damariscotta, just off U.S. Route 1; after breakfast at Chrissy’s, browse the independent specialty and antiques shops and galleries lining Main Street, including the never-to-be-missed […]

New England

A Perfect Summer Drive – Litchfield, CT

Enjoy this 56-mile loop through northwest Connecticut Yankee Magazine’s driving tour of Litchfield County in the northwest corner of Connecticut follows a 56-mile tour in a counter-clockwise direction, beginning in the town of Litchfield. Read the article from the May/June 2007 issue. Download the Audio Download an MP3 file and transfer to your personal audio […]

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