Decades after Bowdoin graduate Robert Peary first staked his claim, the path to the North Pole stills runs through his alma mater at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.
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Next to the old Pennellville shipyard the recently renovated Knox Farmstead in New Brunswick, Maine, is now ready for new owners.
Less than 20 miles apart, two very different houses in New Hampshire keenly reflect the wildly divergent artistic sensibilities of their creators.
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Peak Chic | Up Close
Credit: Mark Fleming Tom Padham suiting up for his job in winter is a little like a firefighter donning turnout gear. Both must protect themselves from head to toe against an extreme environment, which for Padham is the Northeast’s highest summit (where last January saw 127 mph gusts and a wind chill of -65). True, […]
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Warming Trend | Inside Yankee
Years ago, when I taught fourth grade in Maine, I welcomed the cold, brittle days of winter. When recess ended, the children scrambled back into the classroom, their cheeks red with windburn, and after they’d flung hats and coats into lockers they settled at their desks, and I’d read to them while they quieted, like […]
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The Best Comfort Foods in New England
Rib-sticking classics meet global flavors in our cozy-dining picks for the best comfort foods in New England.
A vivid, colorful collection of images celebrating the natural beauty of Maine and its residents from photographer Greta Rybus.
A collection of images celebrating the beauty and outdoor delights of the western Maine mountains in winter from photographer Carl Tremblay.
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5 Best Places to See Mrs. Claus in New England
Meet the multitasking woman who keeps Christmas on track in our list of 5 best places to see Mrs. Claus in New England.
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5 Classic Yankee Christmas Stories
New England is a special place to be during the Christmas season. Here are 5 favorite Christmas classics from the Yankee archives.
Credit: Paula Lerner It’s a long road to Rangeley. Route 4 twists through miles of thickly forested land, rising and falling as it heads north from Augusta, and on winter nights snowbanks narrow the road, shining white in the headlights, tunneling through the darkness. Surrounded by the mountains and lakes of western Maine, Rangeley has […]
The day of celebrating light dawns dark and cheerless. A cold east wind drives freezing mist up the valley, out of Caribou, across a half-dozen miles of frozen Aroostook potato field. In New Sweden the farmhouses are lit. On Jacobson Hill and Bondeson Corner, on Route 161 toward Jemtland, smoke rises from chimneys to greet […]