Looking for the best things to do in Maine? You won’t have to look far! Read our picks for the best attractions in Maine for 2016. Best Tourist Hot Spot: Acadia National Park Even though Acadia, celebrating its 100th anniversary, is one of America’s most popular national parks, it’s easy to find a private patch of heaven […]
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New England Inns with Fireplaces
These New England inns with fireplaces, whether in guest rooms or common gathering areas, excel at offering the cozy side of winter.
Our 9th annual appreciation of Angels Among Us, celebrating ordinary New Englanders with who are making an extraordinary difference in others’ lives.
We’re rounding a gentle meander on Socatean Stream, a remote and narrow tributary that empties into the wild northwest corner of Moosehead Lake. My guide is deftly piloting his pontoon boat up a winding and elusive channel edged with the bleached skeletons of ancient stumps and floating mats of rustling grasses. Even hard-core city dwellers […]
In mid-May 2014, they came together on Indian Island, the heart of the Penobscot Nation. They were Thoreau scholars, Maine Guides, advocates of North Woods tourism, members of the Penobscot Nation, whose ancestors had guided Henry David Thoreau into the wilderness. The 325-mile journey would follow his 1857 trip with Penobscot guide Joe Polis into […]
In places, Moosehead is as wide as most lakes are long, but our family is drawn to the narrow passage at its midpoint. A dirt road forks off through the woods to The Birches’ lakeside lodge and cabins at Rockwood, a village of camps and marinas at the mouth of the Moose River. Forget unpacking—it’s […]
The occasion was the 150th anniversary of Thoreau’s The Maine Woods—a literary milestone that would be marked by an adventure into “Thoreau’s Maine.”
Camping Life | Thoreau’s Maine: A Photo Story of an Epic Adventure The beauty of being guided by experienced Maine guides is that after a hard day’s paddling and carrying, there awaited a neat campsite, a warming fire, and delicious hot food that tasted better than any food could possibly taste indoors. Camp time was […]
Mud Pond Carry | Thoreau’s Maine: A Photo Story of an Epic Adventure For centuries those who wanted to go deep into the Maine wilderness knew about Mud Pond carry, a nearly two miles trek through tangled forest and knee deep (or worse!) mud. The carry tested teamwork, endurance, and everyone’s spirit of adventure. Thoreau’s […]
Moosehead Lake | Thoreau’s Maine: A Photo Story of an Epic Adventure The journey began on Indian Island, the heart of the Penobscot Nation. Everyone toured the island, saw historic sites and even stood outside the house where Thoreau’s guide Joe Polis once lived. The East Branch of the Penobscot River flows past Indian Island, […]
The Final Days of the Thoreau Journey | Thoreau’s Maine: A Photo Story of an Epic Adventure The final days of the journey were paddled under blue skies and warm air. The pressure was off to meet strategic campsites where media was always waiting, and the most strenuous of the carries were behind them. It […]
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2014 Fall Photo Contest Finalists
Yankee Magazine‘s fall photo contest is the most popular one we host, and each year our readers submit hundreds of stunning photos. After careful consideration, we’ve narrowed it down to five images that stand out from the rest. Here are the five photos that made it into the finals. Congratulations to the finalists and a […]