It’s best not to call the moderator at Town Meeting a liar, and there are a few other “don’ts” we’d suggest, too…
History
Harold Orne captured the thrill and the drama of skiing New Hampshire’s awesome Tuckerman Ravine. In April 4, 1937, some 2,800 hardy spectators and a small number of ski adventurers, many of them members of the Dartmouth Outing Club, trekked the roughly 2.5 miles from Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, to the base of the immense […]
History
Nichols House Museum | Photos
A collection of photos from the Nichols House Museum, which offers an intimate look at turn-of-the-last-century domestic life on Beacon Hill in Boston.
Read on to gain invaluable insight from a survivor of New England’s infamous mud seasons.
History
The Red House | Yankee Classic
To one growing up in the oldest continuously occupied house in New England, time seems not linear but circular—patterns repeat, and everything becomes a mirror of something that has happened before.
When the citizens of three tiny New Hampshire communities gather at midnight to cast their votes, more than politics is at stake.
Kosti Ruohomaa’s work told the stories of Maine’s people and the rugged lives they led. When Kosti Ruohomaa looked through the lens of his camera, he saw not only a single photograph but also a story, one filled with emotion, drama, and the complexity of life. Ruohomaa was born to Finnish immigrants in Quincy, Massachusetts, […]
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Trailblazers | Nordic Skiing
New Hampshire’s thriving Nordic ski scene owes a debt to the visionaries who saw the future and worked to make it happen. It takes courage—and a good dose of blind optimism—to see the hilly, rock-filled forests of New Hampshire as the landscape for a thriving winter pastime. But in the mid-1970s, that was exactly what […]
New England is the birthplace of many notable inventions, but these three in particular are prized for their contributions to parties everywhere.
New Englanders take a variety of approaches to snow removal. Here we present Yankee’s guide to snow shoveling, mainly so that we don’t have to go out and do it ourselves.
Does your property belong on the National Register of Historic Places? Since 1966, when it was created under the authority of the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Register of Historic Places has been identifying America’s historic resources and listing those most worthy of preservation. That list now includes more than 90,000 properties. Inclusion signifies […]
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On the Pond | Mary’s Farm
For a child, watching her grandfather skate created a memory where truth and myth lived side by side. My grandfather, whom we called Bim, loved to skate. He loved to do anything outdoors. He’d climbed the Matterhorn and surfed in Honolulu, and he did back flips off the high diving board until he was in his […]