I returned to my hometown this week. The Walpole, New Hampshire, “Old Home Days” committee had invited me to give a reading at the library. I arrived early enough to catch the end of the parade and let the familiar landmarks settle in: the big shade trees and stately white Colonial homes lining Main Street, […]
new england
We romanticize them, but what makes New England lighthouses quintessential icons is their simple, sturdy practicality. They weren’t built to be the stuff of tourist brochures, postcards, and collectibles. They were built to mark the rocky shore for ships. At the end of the road on the tiny burr of the prickly Maine coast where […]
New England
Find Moose, Whales, Puffins
Where to find them:Where to find moose Massachusetts Whale Watch Whale WatchGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe New England Aquarium Watch 7 Seas Whale Watch New Hampshire Whale Watch Granite State Whale Watch Atlantic Whale Watch Maine Whale Watch Odyssey Whale Watch Bar Harbor Whales First Chance Whale Watch Booth […]
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Family Camping in New England
Pack the tents and cookstoves and fishing poles. It’s time to take the family camping. Look for New England’s finest camping gear. Here are Yankee‘ s best suggestions for a good time out under the stars of New England.
New England
Lighthouse Museums
The largest lighthouse museum in the United States is right here in New England, thanks to the 2007 merger of Rockland’s Maine Lighthouse Museum with the collections of the American Lighthouse Foundation, an advocacy and preservation organization, formerly based in Wells, Maine. Paintings, photographs, artifacts, lectures and presentations, and more. 1 Park Drive Rockland, ME […]
New England
All About Lighthouses
Lighthouses Slide Shows Photos of New England Lighthouses Great Online Resource Visit Jeremy D’Entremont’s New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide at lighthouse.cc for history, photos, stats, access info, and more. Lighthouse Magazine Published 11 times a year, Lighthouse Digest is the only publication in the world devoted strictly to — you guessed it — lighthouses. […]
When historian and constitutional scholar Joyce Lee Malcolm first discovered a 1765 bill of sale for a 19-month-old slave boy, she put it aside, says Tim Clark, who reviews Malcolm’s book, Peter’s War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution in the July/august 2009 Yankee Magazine. But Malcolm pursued Peter’s story and, though […]
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Old Home Days 2009
The tradition of Old Home Days began in 1897 in New Hampshire and still goes on every summer across New England. Parades, ball games, and band concerts are the order of the day, while new folks get acquainted and returning folks reconnect with their communities. Read more: Old Home Days: A New England Tradition Here’s […]
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CLASSIC: Fireworks in Jaffrey, NH
Yankee Classic from July/August 2001 In a three-acre sandpit in front of Steve Pelkey, 11,000 live fireworks shells poke out of the grit like land mines. Most are stuffed into mortars, racks of them bolted onto flatbed trailers or strung together on the ground with wooden strapping in sets of three, four, six, and ten. […]
Design
Dad’s Day Gifts
Here are some favorite New England products, and one from Canada, that make a hit as Dad’s Day gifts on June 20. Insect relief from Ontario: Bug repellent clothing Fly rods, paddles, and more: Outdoor gearGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Backyard oasis: Hammocks, birdfeeders Home office: Desk accessories Fitness […]
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Drive-to-the-Top Mountains
Bag the fall foliage view with an easy cruise up to elevation and sites that set your sights over sweeping landscapes.
Living
Call of the Coast
As fitting summer fare, the Portland, Maine, Museum of Art and the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut, have teamed up to produce Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England, an exhibition of 74 paintings and prints by 48 of the artists who flocked to the coastal art colonies of Old Lyme, […]