Design

All the Buzz | Open Studio

Walking near her home in Hingham, Massachusetts, Cheryl Dunlap was stunned when a bee zoomed by, inches from her nose. That became her inspiration.

Maine

Season Opener | First Light

The Chebeague Island Inn gets spruced up after a long winter. Its namesake island is the largest of a scattering of more than 100 small islands that populate Maine’s Casco Bay.

New England

Seeing with New Eyes | Inside Yankee

Some of my favorite and most enduring memories from my three years as a fourth-grade teacher in Maine happened in science class, when I would pass out magnifying glasses to the children on spring days, with the grass greening and the earth awakening at their feet. We’d go outside, to a field that stretched to […]

New England

New England’s Best Food Towns

by Hannah Palmer Egan When people think about food in New England, they inevitably conjure rolling fields, farm-to-table restaurants, and seaside shellfish shacks. Of course, you will find those here, sprinkled throughout the Northeast’s gentle mountains and rugged coastlines. And the region’s small cities — Providence, Portland, Cambridge, and Burlington, among others — are well known for […]

New England

The Best 5 New England Inns for Spring Travel

Discover the charm of New England inns for spring, with cutting gardens, outdoor fireplaces, farm-fresh vegetables, and local honey at these scenic coastal and countryside getaways.

History

One Way to Catch a Hoot Owl

There are many types of New England humor — that is, the understated variety, the overstated, put-downs, and so forth — but the one most utilized on the first day of April each year is that which endeavors to test the gullibility of the listener. The more gullible he or she turns out to be, […]

New England

Don’t miss the May issue of Yankee magazine

Highlights /// Best of New England 2018 Need a reason to travel this summer? Our editors have rounded up a special collection of picks for food lovers, outdoorsy types, culture fanatics, shopaholics, and dog lovers. Plus: You’ll find state-by-state listings for attractions, inns and hotels, and eateries. /// The Many Worlds of Winnipesaukee New England’s most popular […]

Magazine

Yankee Classic | The Day Kurt Newton Disappeared

The Newton family was camping at Coburn Gorge in northern Maine over Labor Day weekend in 1975 when Kurt, age 4, disappeared. What followed has been termed “the most extensive woods search in the history of Maine.” But all the thousands of volunteer searchers ever found were unanswered questions.

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