Where to Stay in Rockport, Massachusetts: Bearskin Neck Motor Lodge An somewhat plain, old fashioned motor lodge that has the infinite gift of location. Smack on the sea at Bearskin Cove. You can’t get any closer to the heart of Rockport. www.bearskinneckmotorlodge.com/ Where to Eat in Rockport, Massachusetts: Roy Moore Lobster Company Housed in […]
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Here are Yankee Magazine‘s picks for the best places to stay, eat, and see for Kennebunkport, Maine, ranked #7 Beach Town in New England. Where to Stay in Kennebunkport, Maine Captain Lord Mansion Though Kennebunkport is flush with lovely inns, the butter-yellow Captain Lord Mansion is the flushest. The inn’s “Memory Garden,” features the names […]
Here are Yankee Magazine‘s picks for the best places to stay, eat, and see for Edgartown, Massachusetts, ranked #6 Beach Town in New England. Where to Stay in Edgartown, Massachusetts Hob Knob This 17-room hotel tucked into a 19th-century Gothic Revival home has both the luxury and the green touches to stake a simultaneous claim […]
Here are Yankee Magazine‘s picks for the best places to stay, eat, and see for Old Harbor, Rhode Island, ranked #5 Beach Town in New England. Where to Stay in Old Harbor, Block Island: The Sea Breeze A short walk from Old Harbor, this sun-bleached shingled inn with private cottages overlooks wildflower meadows, perennial gardens, […]
Here are Yankee Magazine‘s picks for the best places to stay, eat, and see for Newport, Rhode Island, ranked #4 Beach Town in New England. Where to Stay in Newport, Rhode Island: Rose Island Lighthouse For a charitable donation that’s far less than a beach-house rental, you can be the lighthouse keeper for a week. […]
Here are Yankee Magazine‘s picks for the best places to stay, eat, and see for Nantucket, Massachusetts, ranked #3 Beach Town in New England. Where to Stay in Nantucket, Massachusetts Century House As if the cliffside location and long history as an inn (since the early 1870s) were not enough, Century House invites artists in […]
Here are Yankee Magazine‘s picks for the best places to stay, eat, and see for Provincetown, Massachusetts, ranked #2 Beach Town in New England.
Here are Yankee Magazine’s picks for the best places to stay, eat, and see for Ogunquit, Maine, ranked #1 Beach Town in New England.
The editors of Yankee Magazine share their recommendations for the best lodging, things to do, and places to eat in the 25 best beach towns in New England.
June in New England is all about strawberries. With dozens of orchards offering pick-your-own and towns from Connecticut to Maine celebrating strawberry festivals, it’s the unofficial queen of the start of summer. If you don’t want to pick your own, stop by your local farm stand and pick up a quart like I did for […]
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Best 5 Classic Baseball Fields
Contributing editor Jim Collins wrote about fields of dreams in The Last Best League (Da Capo Press, 2004), a narrative account of one season in the fabled Cape Cod Baseball League. “Of course, no ballpark in New England–or anywhere else–can touch Fenway Park,” he says. “But you already know that.” For photos and histories of […]
Border collies–athletic, agile, extremely intelligent dogs–have been the herding dog of choice for sheep owners for more than a century. Descended from a breed that originated along the border country between Scotland and England–called simply “The Border” in that part of the world–and trained to respond to voice and whistle commands, a single Border collie […]