The “Upper Valley” along the Vermont/New Hampshire border is a collection of little-known small towns featuring the New England we all look for.
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One of the prettiest little ponds in New Hampshire belongs to the people of Peterborough and their happy, barking companions.
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Perfect Fried Chicken
Fried chicken is having a renaissance. Of course, it never really went away. But this year, I’m hearing about fried chicken pop-up restaurants, seeing fried chicken recipes in every newspaper and magazine. My friend, Adeena Sussman, spent the past couple of years traveling the country to research fried chicken recipes for the cookbook she just […]
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Shed in Tyringham
A summer scene in rural Tyringham, Massachusetts.
View a sampling of sites along New England’s “Maritime Trail,” covering 400 years of seafaring history.
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Salem, Massachusetts | Golden City of Trade
[slideshow post_id=”554508″] Nowhere else on earth is the ocean more superfluous to a port city’s tourism industry than in Salem, Massachusetts. Some visitors don’t even realize it’s on the coast until they arrive. In the movies, the town is always shrouded in some misty forest. Somehow beaches and sea breezes don’t make for as ominous […]
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Podunk | Lexicon
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Podunk can refer to any “small, unimportant, and isolated town.” But according to Indian Place Names of New England, “Podunk” is literally translated as “a place where the foot sinks in” and is a real place — a former village and pond in Worcester County, Massachusetts. East Brookfield now owns […]
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The Best Beach in Each New England State
Longnook Beach, Truro, Massachusetts I like to arrive at Longnook in the early morning, while the fog still casts a hazy glaze over the water. Joined by surfers and dog walkers, I stroll down the sandy path to the soft, white beach. Then I glance back at the towering tan and red dunes, realizing instantly […]
The Bay State has plenty to offer in the Great Outdoors. Read our picks for the best outdoor attractions in Massachusetts for 2014. BEST WATERFALL: BASH BISH FALLS STATE PARK, Mount Washington From the early-summer mountain laurel in bloom to the blazing colors of fall foliage, even the drive to this state park is a […]
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Coastal Massachusetts | Slide Show of Photographs
With a shoreline that swoops from the eastern edges of Rhode Island to the tip of the New Hampshire’s southern border, there’s a lot of beauty to explore in coastal Massachusetts. View a sampling of coastal scenes in this slide show of images submitted by our talented readers. [slideshow post_id=”162695, 152723, 162779, 139479, 126237, 136477, […]
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Shad | Poor Man’s Salmon
Nobody loves shad more than the citizens of Windsor, Connecticut, who hold the Shad Derby to celebrate its return the third Saturday in May with dances, parades, and an immoderate amount of eating. Yankee Classic: “In Praise of Poor Man’s Salmon,” Yankee Magazine, May 1991 The shad? They’re always here. By the time it ‘s […]
There’s a lot to see in do in the Bay State, but some activities really stand the test of time. Read our picks for the best classic attractions in Massachusetts. BEST SMALL-TOWN ART MUSEUM: STERLING & FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE, Williamstown Opening expanded facilities on July 4 this year following a multimillion-dollar renovation, the world-class Clark […]