A visit to Fruitlands begins with the view. Perched at the top of Prospect Hill in Harvard, Massachusetts, it’s impossible to resist the miles-wide, postcard-perfect rolling landscape below along the Nashua River. “When people drive in, you can see it on their faces,” says the museum’s marketing manager, Mary Delaney. “Even for us, it’s a […]
From Caribou, Maine, to somewhere south of Hartford, there’s only one big-league ball team for New England…but a wide assortment of characters who love them, known as Red Sox Nation.
What are the numbers behind spring in New England? The ounces of blood a blackfly will draw, the number of strolling heifers in Brattleboro, VT, lupine in Acadia National Park… 0.00007 ounce: blood drawn before a blackfly says, “I’m stuffed.” $2.00 price of “WE BREED ‘EM, YOU FEED ‘EM” bumper sticker from the Maine Blackfly […]
The last person to see Abraham Lincoln didn’t pass away until almost a hundred years after Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865.
Did you know that Fig Newtons has its own day? Find out when it is and learn more trivia about Nabisco’s popular bar.
Spring is killing season in the North Woods — a time when guides, sports, and ordinary folks delight in the murder of millions. Millions of black flies, that is.
Find out the history and many fun facts about Marshmallow Fluff.
It was raining and three o’clock in the morning, August 19, 1955. The sudden roar of a truck in front of the house jarred me awake. I plunged my head deeper into the pillow to smother the sound, but the roaring and grinding got louder. Exasperated, I pounded to the window. What I saw, I […]
Welcome to the March 2014 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. What’s Funny and What’s Not It’s often difficult to predict. For instance … Some years ago we published the following short piece by Frank J. […]
It takes all kinds of folks to stay warm in New England. Take a humorous look at how we heat.
Boston has several hot chocolate cafes (shops dedicated exclusively to hot chocolate), many with extra sweet treats. Here are 3 favorites.
Cannon Mountain is Olympian Bode Miller’s home mountain. It’s also home to the New England Ski Museum and some of my favorite ski trails. On February 7, the world will watch as the Opening Ceremony marks the start of the XXII Olympic Games. According to ESPNBoston.com, there are more than 50 athletes with ties to […]
