Rhode Island

Lavins Landing

A local marina near my home

New Hampshire

Christmas Comes to Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has many different identities. There’s Market Square, of course, and buzz of shops and restaurants that rivals Boston’s Newbury Street, minus the parking nightmares. Its compact size and sheer number locally owned stores, however, gives it a small town feel. It’s a working waterfront city, too, with tugboats and bigger ships on […]

Rhode Island

After The Blizzard

The sun sets behind the crooked trees of Colt State Park in Bristol, RI, following a late December blizzard which dropped a foot of snow on the area.

New England

2012 Winter Photo Contest

Yankee‘s 2012 Winter Photo Contest is now closed. Check back to find out who won! The winning photo will be published in the January/February 2013 issue of Yankee Magazine.   Read photographer Susan Cole Kelly’s tips on entering a photography contest.   Rules for Photo Contest Submit your best digital shots of Winter between December […]

New England

2011 Fall Photo Contest Winner

Owl’s Head Overlook in Groton, VT by Kevin Armstrong This photo really drew us in with its strong composition, and we love the depth and the vastness of it. The tones, while moody, are quite beautiful and the quilt-like canopy pulls the viewer into the scene while drawing the eye to the texture of the […]

Vermont

Finding Christmas Spirit in Vermont

We all want snow right now, even if only for a few days. When snow falls in mid December, the child in us that hides as a grownup most of the time, feels safe to emerge, to want to play outside, and look skyward with our own children searching for the magical sleigh. But nowhere […]

New England

Best New England Romantic Inns

With so many candidates for the best New England romantic inns, we offer a short list of cozy spots that are sure to thaw hands and hearts.

Rhode Island

John Brown House Museum in Providence, RI | Local Treasure

John Quincy Adams once declared it “the most magnificent and elegant private mansion that I have ever seen on this continent.” Even by today’s standards, the John Brown House is impressive: a three-floor Georgian estate anchoring the southern end of Providence’s historic College Hill neighborhood. The tourists who gather for a glimpse of its opulent […]

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