You may not think of Martha’s Vineyard as a winter getaway, but you should. In early February, my wife, Grace, and I escaped the New Hampshire winter for a weekend in Edgartown, Massachusetts. It wasn’t the kind of island retreat most often thought of when the snow flies. But it suited us just fine. The […]
Our favorite recent letters, Facebook posts, Instagram comments, and tweets. Revolutionary Tea icon-envelope I read your article about the Boston Tea Party tea chest (November/December, p. 52) and thought you’d enjoy this absolutely true story. A few years ago my parents went to England, and my mother went gift shopping at Fortnum & Mason’s. The […]
Have you ever thought about doing something completely different? The Bath Sweet Shoppe in Bath, Maine, is looking for a new owner. In all the many years we’ve been moseying around New England in search of interesting, sometimes unusual, properties available, our most memorable are those whose new owners completely changed their lives. We recall, […]
Looking for the best winter towns in New England? These 10 destination towns prove warmth is where you find it, both outside and indoors.
New England’s many diners keep us warm each winter by serving up hearty Yankee comfort food. See our picks for the Best Diner Dishes in New England.
New Englanders take a variety of approaches to snow removal. Here we present Yankee’s guide to snow shoveling, mainly so that we don’t have to go out and do it ourselves.
The Bretton Woods zip line Canopy Tour in the White Mountains offers a new way to enjoy winter thrills, not to mention lighter crowds and spectacular views of the Western Whites.
Amaral’s Fish & Chips — a family-owned Rhode Island eatery — serves coastal fare and Portuguese American classics.
New England is the birthplace of the American diner. It’s also where diners and diner cuisine have developed most fully over the years. From the lunch wagons of 1870s Providence, Rhode Island, to the gleaming steel-and-glass palaces of today, New England diners have long served as community gathering places, offering comfort food at affordable prices […]
As idiosyncratic and surprising as the state it represents, Montpelier,Vermont, is the smallest capital in the nation, and proud of it.
271 estimated travel time in minutes between Boston and Montreal if the high-speed New England rail corridor is ever built. Driving between the two cities, under ideal conditions, takes about 320 minutes. 5,000 cars caught on camera running red lights during a six-month-long study in 2005 in Auburn and Lewiston, Maine. Not surprisingly, the two […]
Site of the U.S. National Toboggan Championships, this toboggan chute also offers thrilling rides for the general public.
