History

Is Connecticut Really New England?

After decades of whispers, our analyst puts the Nutmeg State on the couch for a little identity therapy. Is Connecticut really New England? We think you’ll approve of the answer.

New England

The Best 5 Farm Inns

It takes an open mind to stay at a working farm—a willingness to embrace both the peace of your surroundings and the unpredictability of each day’s developments. What happens on a farm 365 days a year is largely unscripted and exhilaratingly real. You don’t have to get your hands dirty, but this is your chance […]

New England

The Sounds of Summer 2016 | Out & About

Rhode Island Newport Folk Festival July 22–24 Since 1959, the Newport Folk Festival has held a unique place in America’s musical and cultural history, including as a hub for the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and as the site of Bob Dylan’s famous switch to electric guitar in 1965. Iconic performers like Joan Baez, […]

Gardens

The Not-So-Little Vegetable Garden that Could

Bill and Eileen Elliott  found their way to self-sufficiency with more than a little help from their vegetable garden. Without precise directions, you’d never find Bill and Eileen Elliott’s house. But with some guidance, you’d find yourself standing before a rustic hand-hewn archway gate, and through that, a curving, colorful path lined with astilbe, geraniums, […]

History

The Old Farmer’s Almanac Turns 225 | Up Close

When the first volume of Robert B. Thomas’s Farmer’s Almanac appeared in October 1792, George Washington was just finishing his first term as president. That same month, the cornerstone of the White House was laid in the newly formed federal district of “the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia.” From the start, the […]

Magazine

Dear Yankee July/August 2016

Connections Just after receiving my first issue of Yankee, I had to write to express my gratitude for helping me reconnect to my New England roots, and I have my cousin Sue C. to thank also. She’s a longtime and dedicated reader of your magazine, and I can see why! My family moved from New […]

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