White-steepled churches, country stores, black-shuttered white clapboard houses, and bobbing boats provide the backdrop to the prettiest towns in New England.
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Doug Flutie, one of the most famous athletes to come from New England, has always credited his parents, Richard and Joan, with giving him the support and confidence to excel, no matter the obstacles. On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, Flutie’s father passed away from a heart attack after a period of poor health. An hour […]
Our 9th annual appreciation of Angels Among Us, celebrating ordinary New Englanders with who are making an extraordinary difference in others’ lives.
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Ship’s Cabin | The Most Unusual Room in New England
On the top floor of the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, Massachusetts, is a once-secret room soaked in the legacy of the sea and the ships’ captains who sailed into history. On Columbus Day weekend 2013 my friend John Wigglesworth meets me in downtown Salem, Massachusetts, outside the historic Hawthorne Hotel. He’s taking me to the […]
This 1640 house in Barnstable, Massachusetts, is so drenched in history that you may even hear echoes of the first Thanksgiving.
Thousands of viewers tuned in to see Julia Child’s kitchen, which they saw as an extension of their own, and where they came to be instructed and entertained.
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Fall in New England | Photographs
Yankee Magazine‘s editors and contributors roam all over the region to snap photos for our Instagram feed. From historic architecture to stunning vistas, here we present a sampling of their most iconic photos depicting fall in New England.
Why was the 54th Massachusetts unique? It was the first black regiment ever raised in the Northern states. On July 18, 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment found itself in front of Fort Wagner—one of the strongest earthworks ever constructed. Built to protect Charleston, South Carolina, Wagner contained 1,700 Confederates. This was the moment […]
A visit to the “Brooklyn of the Berkshires” town of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, including a stay at Hotel on North and afternoon at Hancock Shaker Village.
The Pan-Mass Challenge — The Ride That Won’t Stop There are people who possess a gift they don’t really know they have, until something unexpected happens, and their life takes a turn, and then their gift becomes the life itself. For instance, Billy Starr. When his mother died from melanoma, he asked himself, “How can […]
Would there have been a Malcolm X or a Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. without W. E. B. Du Bois? Most likely, but the civil-rights world they led and shaped would undoubtedly have looked much different. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in 1868, at the dawn of Reconstruction, Du Bois died in 1963, during […]
Photo/Art by Roger Tory Peterson Tanagers Few people in their lifetimes achieve worldwide influence. Fewer still have an impact that will endure for generations yet to come. Roger Tory Peterson is one of that latter group—a true rara avis. Starting with his own love of birds and of the natural world in which they belong, […]