What do you get when you add coffee syrup to ice cold milk? In the Ocean State, you get the official state drink — Rhode Island coffee milk.
History
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Looking for a unique and delicious milkshake with a New England history? Look no further than the Awful Awful—it’s “awful big and awful good!”
At one time, Howard Johnson’s was the largest restaurant chain in the country. In 2015, we visited the last Howard Johnson’s restaurant in New England. It has since closed for good.
Do you know the difference between a milkshake and a frappe? How about a cabinet? Read on to learn the New England frappe drink definition.
Where does the sun rise first in the US? Turns out the answer is more complicated than you might think…
What does the famous Old Man of the Mountain look like today? We set off to the Old Man of the Mountain Memorial to find out.
An empty factory in Rhode Island. An angry widow. A radioactive wedding ring. These are pieces of a decades-old puzzle — the tragic story of New England’s only known nuclear fatality at Wood River Junction in July of 1964.
What do you call a sandwich made using a long roll? In New England, we go back and forth between grinders, subs, and a few other creative variations.
Now turning 50, the famed road race in Falmouth, Massachusetts, might just be the best in America.
Having helped to win a war, MIT’s early work on radar still touches our daily lives.
Today
Get the Scoop
Who makes the best ice cream in New England? Find out in this ode to New England ice cream, including 36 winning shops in all six states.
Landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy works to help people make their surroundings sing.