Tower to the Town Hall in North Providence, RI through the Tulip Tree
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Bridge, Mohawk Trail
Bridge on Panorama Road in autumn
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SLIDE SHOW: Trustees of Reservations
The Trustees of Reservations in Massachusetts have protected and preserved 102 properties since the group was founded in 1891. With 100,000 members, the Trustees organization maintains both natural and man-made places–from wetlands and islands to mansions and barns. Read more: Land Preservation in Massachusetts See more: Photography by William Huber.
New England
Saint Patrick’s Day in New England
Everyone’s Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day, though the exact day of celebrations varies in New England. One thing is for sure, corned beef and cabbage will be on tables across the region. Here’s the story of the Boston Parade And there’s more. Here’s a Parade ListGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) […]
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More Cape Cod
READ MORE: Outer Cape Cod in Spring It’s always a good time to visit Massachusetts’ Cape Cod. Here are some additional Yankee articles to convince you of that.
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston, Massachusetts
The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston, Massachusetts joins history, tradition, and local pride.
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Land Preservation in Massachusetts
SLIDE SHOW: Trustees of Reservations Will Garrison watches his “decorative” cows munch the green grass at the bottom of the hill. They don’t actually belong to him, or for that matter, to Naumkeag, the historic mansion (now a museum) in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, that he helps manage. More than 30 years ago, the Trustees of Reservations […]
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Outer Cape Cod in Spring
READ MORE: More Cape Cod articles MORE PHOTOS: Cape Cod Photos by Alison Shaw It’s a light that glows from within, like driving into an Edward Hopper painting. Bright, buttery, demanding, it glances off the water and sinks into the sand and sea-weathered shingles. Paint me, notice me, it whispers–I’m spring for your eyes and […]
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Russian Icon Museum | Gallery in Clinton, MA
Gordon Lankton’s first Russian icon, a c. 1850 image of St. Nicholas, hangs in a dark corner of the lowest level of his museum. He found it lying in the dust at a Russian flea market in 1990 and bought it for $25. He doesn’t think it’s a very good one anymore, and he’s not […]
Massachusetts
Restaurant Review: The Lyceum
When I was in high school, the kids who took French class were treated to a special end-of-year lunch at a restaurant housed inside a historic 19th-century lecture hall in Salem, Massachusetts. While dining at The Lyceum, we had to speak only in French and at least try les cuisses de grenouilles (frogs’ legs). We […]
I spent a quick getaway at The Balsams in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, about six years ago and it was a lovely vacation, complete with outdoor adventure (ice skating, cross country skiing, and downhill skiing) and scrumptious food–two things I thoroughly enjoy. That’s why The Great North Woods 30K Classic cross country race, scheduled to […]
Travel
Sedona Tree
A beautiful tree in Sedona AZ that almost seems to be opening its branches to welcome you.