Mud Pond Carry | Thoreau’s Maine: A Photo Story of an Epic Adventure For centuries those who wanted to go deep into the Maine wilderness knew about Mud Pond carry, a nearly two miles trek through tangled forest and knee deep (or worse!) mud. The carry tested teamwork, endurance, and everyone’s spirit of adventure. Thoreau’s […]
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Valencia Menard may not be Irish by birth, but one day a year, this Maine Acadian prepares a corned-beef dinner to make anyone yearn for a taste of the Green Isle.
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Center Lovell Inn Essay Contest
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 […]
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, […]
The Final Days of the Thoreau Journey | Thoreau’s Maine: A Photo Story of an Epic Adventure The final days of the journey were paddled under blue skies and warm air. The pressure was off to meet strategic campsites where media was always waiting, and the most strenuous of the carries were behind them. It […]
A downtown fixture since 1959, the Paul Bunyan statue in Bangor, Maine is a favorite (and hard to miss at 31 feet tall) local landmark.
Modern-day convenience meets old-fashioned charm. How one Maine couple turned a 1984 house into the antique of their dreams.
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The Yankee Kitchen: How to Cook a Lobster
Yankee Magazine Editor Amy Traverso shows you how to cook Lobster. This is the true New England way! Hi. I’m Amy Traverso, Lifestyle Editor at Yankee Magazine, and welcome to the Yankee Kitchen. Today I’m going to be teaching you how to cook lobsters. Not my favorite chore, I have to admit, but the results are worthwhile. So […]
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.”
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.
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Tips for Finding Buried Treasure in New England
There’s a variety of reasons folks hunt for buried treasure in New England. Some hobbyists hunt for coins, buttons, jewelry, or relics of any age, and some focus on artifacts from particular eras; finding the niche you enjoy most is something that evolves with practice. Metal detectors can be purchased for as little as $100; […]
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Rat Invasion | Yankee Classic
The rat invasion started like house guests that overstayed their welcome. Before the author realized it, the little rodents were more at home than he was! I was not alarmed by the ceiling noises at first, those skittering overhead passes in the night. I’d lie awake and imagine a harmless little critter playing up there, […]