Season 1

The Maine Island Trail offers kayakers 375 miles of stunning coastline, wild islands, and lifelong memories.

We take to the skies high above Maine’s iconic Moosehead Lake in Northwestern Maine in search of the majestic creatures that inspired its name.

Weekends with Yankee co-host Richard Wiese visits beautiful Jackson, New Hampshire where he escapes the crowds and takes to the pristine trails of northern New England for an adventure on cross-country skis. This video was created in partnership with the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development, a proud sponsor of Weekends with Yankee, […]

Chef Jeremy Sewall uses diced apples as a garnish in his oyster stew to delicious effect, adding fennel, thyme, celery, and onion as complementary notes.

Follow along in this Digital Exclusive as Weekends with Yankee host Richard Wiese shares some highlights from New Hampshire’s Lakes Region. New Hampshire is home to many beautiful miles of shoreline and a visit to the Lakes Region wouldn’t be complete without time on the water and seeing the area by boat. The visit also […]

Join Weekends with Yankee host Richard Wiese and co-host and food editor Amy Traverso as they explore the beauty, culture and modern cuisine of New Hampshire’s Seacoast region. Follow them along in this Digital Exclusive as they pay a visit to Strawbery Banke, an outdoor living history museum in the heart of downtown Portsmouth, New […]

Join Weekends with Yankee host Richard Wiese for the ultimate journey to the top of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, the highest peak in all of the Northeast. Follow along in this Digital Exclusive as he explores the region at peak foliage and encounters the extreme weather at the top of Mount Washington with a visit […]

From Connecticut’s soft sandy beaches to Maine’s rugged granite shores, our Atlantic coastline is a place of beauty and wonder, lapping along five of the six New England states and drawing visitors from around the world. This week, we start in Ogunquit, Maine, named by Yankee magazine as the best beach town in New England. […]

Offering wild weather, stormy seas, and remote locations, New England is a land of adventure. This week on Weekends with Yankee, we travel to the Northeast’s highest peak for some of the most extreme weather found anywhere in the world. Then we head out to sea, braving stiff winds and bracing cold, to capture the […]

New England is full of treasures large and small. In this episode, we meet lobsterman and photographer Joel Woods, who captures intimate portraits of a hidden world—dramatic, gritty, and often-poignant snapshots of life aboard a lobster boat. Next, we set out along the coast of New Hampshire to celebrate local oysters with star chef Jeremy […]

New England is a region steeped in tradition. In this episode of Weekends with Yankee, we board the massive schooner J&E Riggin for a windjammer cruise along the beautiful Maine coast. Then we travel down to Boston for the Head of the Charles, the largest two-day rowing event in the world. Lastly, up north in […]