Henry David Thoreau took four walking tours of Cape Cod from 1849 to 1857. Present-day photographer Dan Tobyne asks, “What would Thoreau see today if he walked the same route?” These photographs, from the book, Thoreau’s Cape Cod (Commonwealth Editions), are the answer. More photos by Dan Tobyne: dmtle.com More about the book: Commonwealth Editions
Conceptual artist Jim Denevan turns the classic dictum ars longa, vita brevis (art is long, life is short) on its head. His elegant, large-scale sand drawings on vacant beaches last only as long the incoming tide. Then they are swept away forever. Denevan, is a chef, surfer, and sand artist from Santa Cruz, CA. I […]
When the Hallee family moved into their 1950s Cape Cod house in Portland, Maine, the lack of storage space was an issue that needed to be addressed. Ken; his wife, Lisa; and their young daughter, Emma, live in a cozy two-bedroom home where “storage has always been an issue,” Ken says, and no more so […]
Welcome to the August 2009 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. The Man Who Stepped on Plymouth Rock FIRST An unimportant and possibly not totally accurate examination of proper New England ancestry. New England’s so-called “First […]
Cape Cod houses designed by architectural firm Polhemus Savery DaSilva get a modern approach to a traditional aesthetic. The emphasis on light and open space is seen in their work on these homes and the Cape Cod Museum of Art. These photos are from Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer: The Work of Polhemus Savery […]
2,710 summer camps in New England 2,481,000 children who attend New England summer camps $7 million cost to build Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s summer cottage (a.k.a. The Breakers) in Newport, RI, in 1893-95Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 31.7 height in feet of Ed Jarrett’s world-record sand castle, constructed in South […]
SLIDE SHOW: Cape Cod Houses This is a story about summer and light. About inner and outer beauty and how a house reflects them both, on its own and in relation to the landscape around it. It’s about the yearning we feel here in New England when our brief but glorious season is finally upon […]
We romanticize them, but what makes New England lighthouses quintessential icons is their simple, sturdy practicality. They weren’t built to be the stuff of tourist brochures, postcards, and collectibles. They were built to mark the rocky shore for ships. At the end of the road on the tiny burr of the prickly Maine coast where […]
Maine Lighthouse Week is June 14-21. For tour and event information, contact individual lighthouses, in addition to: lighthouse.cc/links/cruises.html officialmainelighthousetours.com/ maineexpressions.com/ cyberlights.com/lh/lighttours.htm sailmainecoast.com On August 6 this year at the American Philatelic Society Stamp Show in Pittsburgh, the U.S. Postal Service will dedicate a new 42-cent stamp featuring The Long Leg, a painting done by Edward […]
LODGING Best Green-Friendly Stay: TOPIA INN, Adams The beauty and comfort of this solar- and biodiesel-powered B&B is proof positive that reducing the carbon footprint of your travels doesn’t require sacrificing a thing. Ten artist-designed rooms, unique in their exotic motifs, have been built and furnished exclusively with inert and organic materials. Rates: from $135, […]
See Yankee‘s travel bargains in Massachusetts Yankee recommends that you call ahead to confirm dates and times. APR. 29-MAY 6: WILLIAMSTOWN, NORTH ADAMS, Jazz Festival. A showing of the film Ben-Hur, accompanied by live big-band music, kicks off this event, in venues throughout both towns. Other offerings include the Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, featuring 12 regional […]
With good reason, we felt a bit apprehensive as we approached the side-door entrance on the covered porch, after walking up from the circular driveway, with its dramatic flagpole in the middle. Already we were impressed by the almost full acre of well-cared-for lawns and perennial gardens; the crabapple trees and Norway maples; and the […]
