Desserts

Blueberry Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze

Easy and elegant, this blueberry Bundt cake with lemon glaze is studded with wild Maine blueberries tossed in cinnamon and sugar.

Living

Best New England Inventions

From tools and games to new ways to write, keep warm, and remain whisker-free — we can’t imagine life without these New England inventions.

New England

Guide to New England Revolutionary War Sites & Events

Admire an original copy of the Declaration of Independence, hear the musket fire at a Patriots’ Day reenactment, and learn about a treasonous massacre at these New England Revolutionary War sites & events.

Today

The Shark Detective

Greg Skomal has been tailing great white sharks for more than a decade to unravel the many mysteries they raise—including how to deal with their growing numbers off Cape Cod.

Magazine

Sweet Spots | Inside Yankee

This is how spring sneaks up on us in New England. The snow softens, and skiers discover March is the kindest month of all. The first songbirds land in our yards, and we think … It’s coming. By early March, we see sap buckets fastened to maples, plastic tubing threading through the forests, smoke pouring from sugarhouses.

Magazine

Go Wild on This One | Knowledge & Wisdom

The coveted patch is simple enough—red and green with the emblem of a pine tree in its center—but it proclaims its wearers to be the stuff of legend: Registered Maine Guides. Years ago prospective guides just needed to prove outdoors expertise to a local game warden. Today they face a few more hurdles, including choosing […]

Magazine

5 Questions with Author John Hodgman

Vacationland author and Weekends with Yankee guest weighs in on growing up, uncomfortable Maine beaches, and the indignities of middle age. 

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