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. […]
Travel
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 […]
Maine
The Nubble
Historic Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine.
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 […]
New Hampshire
Waterloo Covered Bridge In Nh
New England is noted for it’s many covered bridges. Combined with fall foliage they present New England at her best.
New Hampshire
Fisherman’s Pier
Fisherman’s Co-op in Portsmouth, NH…in a fog.during the early morning..
Connecticut
Walnut Beach
My girlfriend in front of Charles Island at Walnut Beach
