The temperate shores of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, where farmland rolls to the sea, are the perfect place to welcome spring.
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The occasion was the 150th anniversary of Thoreau’s “The Maine Woods”—a literary milestone that would be marked by an adventure into “Thoreau’s Maine.”
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Ashfield, Massachusetts | Could You Live Here?
A tightly knit community of artists and artisans gives the pretty hill town of Ashfield, Massachusetts, a creative energy like few others.
Late winter in New England is the height of flower show season, with shows popping up all over the east coast. As a welcome escape from our current cold weather, we recently spent an afternoon at The Rhode Island Spring Flower & Garden Show in search of tips and inspiration to get our home gardens […]
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Summer in Ashfield, Massachusetts | Photos
Photographer Julie Bidwell captured the heart of Ashfield, Massachusetts in the height of summer. Our ongoing series, “Could You Live Here”, explores towns throughout New England. Towns with a small population, but plenty to offer in terms of a simpler way of life. Towns that might just entice you to uproot and take your own […]
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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.
In Caribou, Maine, where some of the coldest temperatures in North America have been recorded and where subzero temperatures often linger for days, people have learned, “If you can’t embrace it, you’re never gonna like it.”
Robert Frost’s final resting place lies in Bennington, Vermont, a small town that loves artists.
When we ask readers to send us their favorites among the photos they’ve taken that speak to “My New England,” we’re asking not only for their images but also about what New England says to them. It gets personal, doesn’t it? The word “My” adds a layer of commitment. What readers sent us by the […]
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The New Yankee Craftsmen
Against all odds, these Yankee Craftsmen are keeping New England’s traditional arts and trades alive. Learn more about these talented New Englanders.
Gardens at the Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford, Vermont reflect the design of Victorian-era gardens exemplifying the Romantic Landscape Movement in America.
Historic New England is now the keeper of a collection of over 2,000 images, mostly glass plate negatives, that used to be stored here in a small outbuilding at the Yankee offices in Dublin, New Hampshire. The images were originally purchased by the magazine to be used to illustrate a number of books about early life in […]