Boston is a pricey place. But walking around and exploring doesn’t cost a penny, and neither do these 5 best free Boston attractions.
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Connecticut Tornado of 1989
Yankee Classic: July 1990 The dogs knew first. Ivan and Merle, Charles and Mable Besozzi’s two big, black English retrievers, had been restless all the day of July 10, 1989. “The dogs never settled down,” Mrs. Besozzi said, “and they’re very gentle and very smart. They sensed something.” By late afternoon Ivan and Merle were […]
The Abenakis called him “cousin,” the Penobscots “grandfather.” The Kets of Siberia preferred “fur father.” In the Carpathian Mountains, he was “little uncle”; Laplanders addressed him as “the old man with the fur garment.” We call him Smokey, Yogi, or Winnie-the-Pooh. It’s clear that human beings have always felt a kinship with bears, as Bernd […]
In a crowded workshop in Little Compton, Rhode Island, a father and son give new life to old stoves that once breathed warmth and fire.
Dairy farming and rural mail delivery actually have a lot in common: they both involve physical labor, a circuit of routine and a love of– or at least an ability to function in– the wee hours. “Except with dairy farming, you don’t have to leave home to go to work,” Alan Young tells me as […]
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In Praise of Bob-Houses
Bob-houses aren’t beautiful, but on the ice they all seem to belong…and where else can you find lakefront home for free?
Dashing through the snow? Check. In a one horse open sleigh? You betcha. O’re the fields we go? Yep.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Laughing all the way? Ah, not really. It was more like speechless awe. Our Vermont sleigh ride had us riding on rails instead of radials, with […]
We asked snowcat operator Slim Bryant what it takes to get up and down the Mount Washington Auto Road in winter. HIs answers may surprise you.
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Snowbound | Mary’s Farm
“If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute and it will change” is such a famous saying that no one seems to know for sure who first said it, but it was never truer than it was on a certain weekend last February, on this hill here in southern New Hampshire. I can’t remember […]
As the proud new owner of an old house in New England, you can look forward to many years of satisfaction, enjoyment, and repairs.
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Norman Rockwell’s Studio
Visit Norman Rockwell‘s studio at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA, and you’ll sense the artist just left the room. The space has been painstakingly recreated to capture Rockwell’s life in Oct. 1960. Read more: Stockbridge, MA: Norman Rockwell Museum, Why We Still Love Rockwell, Rockwell Country: Arlington, VT
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Yankee Magazine Cover | January 1984
“Midnight Clearing,” an acrylic painting by Carl Hinsman of Barre, Vermont.