Welcome to New England, where people dress like it’s nobody’s business … because it is nobody’s business. Fashion for Compliments Traditional fisherman’s garb is based on those ceramic figurines sold in every tourist shop from Biddeford to Bar Harbor. A pipe and beard are considered de rigueur accessories, although many female fisherfolk omit the pipe. […]
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Gray seals once were all but eliminated from New England waters. Now they attract great white sharks, thousands of tourists; and enrage fishermen, who wish them gone.
How a savvy entrepreneur named Bo Muller-Moore took on a corporate giant and made a leafy green an “Eat More Kale” star in the process.
Three day weekends are a cherished American tradition, as the extra day affords many the time to get away, gather with family, or both. In New England, there are few busier travel times all year than Columbus Day weekend, as peak visitation usually corresponds to the most widespread peak in the acclaimed autumn colors. Visitors […]
Massachusetts
The Mohawk Trail Experience
The Mohawk Trail, New England’s first official “scenic tourist route,” has delighted millions of drivers for more than a century.
Massachusetts
CiderDays Harvest Festival | Cider Celebration & Recipes
For one weekend each fall, Franklin County, Massachusetts, celebrates New England’s apple heritage with the ultimate CiderDays harvest festival.
Seven years after her death, Tasha Tudor is still as enigmatic, fascinating, and entertaining as she was in life. The famed illustrator’s family is determined to continue her legacy.
New England
Stunning Fall Color Spreading Across New England
October has arrived, and ahead of us lie the two biggest weekends for leaf peeping in New England. Visitors from all over the globe are descending upon our six states to enjoy the beautiful foliage, and thus far, the color has not disappointed. Peak fall color was already on display this past weekend in far […]
Welcome to the October 2014 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, NH. The Year We Predicted Snow for July and August And it turned out there was lots of it that summer!Get Our FREE Yankee Best New […]
What makes Grape-Nuts Pudding — a New England comfort-food classic — truly great? The secret’s in the cereal.
Each September, just as the calendar is easing into the first official days of fall, Jim and I take to the road to make our annual pilgrimage north to the White Mountains. Though we spend much of the trip lounging on the fields of Loon Mountain watching burly men clad in kilts compete in the […]
New England
Slow Foliage Drives Through Fall Color
Special moments in an autumn drive come when we take the time to stop, look around, visit places, and meet people as memorable as the foliage show. Fall settles into New England slowly, color sliding north to south, highlands to valleys—but not all at once. Trees answer to their own inner timetable. So roll down […]