The Center Lovell Inn, featured as our “House for sale” in 1992, is located next to Maine’s beautiful lake Kezar – but it isn’t the picturesque setting, or even the delicious bistro food that it’s famous for (though it’s certainly famous for those too). Rather, the Center Lovell Inn is known for how it has […]
Yankee
Bald Eagles | Back Among US
After near-annihilation and a decades-long absence, bald eagles are back among us. Spotting one of these majestic birds can stay with you for a lifetime.
Yankee Magazine Cover | March 1990
“Excuse Me,” by Norman Rockwell.
Yankee Magazine Cover | March 1971
“Berkshire Hills,” by George Cherepov.
Yankee Magazine Cover | March 1983
“Spring Winds,” by David Armstrong.
Moosehead Lake | Thoreau’s Maine: A Photo Story of an Epic Adventure The journey began on Indian Island, the heart of the Penobscot Nation. Everyone toured the island, saw historic sites and even stood outside the house where Thoreau’s guide Joe Polis once lived. The East Branch of the Penobscot River flows past Indian Island, […]
New England Snow Farm
Here in northern Rhode Island, where snow is creeping above the three-foot mark, there is a snow farm. It is the same farm that grows vegetables and supersized sunflowers in the warmer months. The snow on this farm—Franklin Farm to the locals—stretches for many acres, and while an old country road may cut the two parcels that […]
A Tour of the March/April 2015 Issue
Yankee’s March/April issue is on newsstands now.
Maple Sugaring | Boom or Bust
Maple sugaring has been part of the New England farming landscape for generations. Today, however, technology and big money may alter that forever.
Rocky Marciano | Up Close
Nicknamed the “Brockton Blockbuster,” Rocky Marciano remains the only heavyweight boxing champion to retire undefeated (49–0). Rocco Francis Marchegiano was born to Italian immigrant parents in Brockton, Massachusetts, on September 1, 1923. In a bit of foreshadowing, his mother received a card from a friend that pictured little boxing gloves and read, “Welcome to another […]
While searching for phones online one day, my mind wandered to the Wyoming, because much like the phone I was hoping to buy, it was a technological dinosaur.
“Still Life with Tea Caddy” by John Stuart Ingle.