Owned and maintained by the Appalachian Mountain Club, the High Huts of the White Mountains offer rest and services to hikers with incomparable views.
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New England
The New England Alpine Zone Features Early Color
New England has a fantastic variety of habitats and landscapes, from high mountain peaks to lush forest to rocky seacoasts. The ecology of each setting is largely dependent on local variations in climate and soils, and in each environment, plant species compete to fill a niche. Some environments have a rich diversity of species, while […]
Connecticut
The Griswold Inn | Local Flavor
At America’s oldest tavern, hearty food and a heaping amount of history are on the menu.
New England
Free Summer Concerts in New England
A driving beat, a familiar melody, a thousand starry spotlights beaming overhead: Outdoor performances provide the soundtrack for New England’s most unforgettable summer evenings. Here’s a frugal music lover’s guide to the best free shows, programmed by New Englanders with as much passion and talent as the acts they put on stage. Berklee Summer in […]
New England
Strawberry Festivals Beckon
Fresh from the field, baked in pies or tarts, dipped in chocolate, jellied, or in perhaps their ultimate form—served over shortcake with a generous dollop of fresh cream—strawberries are summer in New England.
Gardens
Delphiniums | Beautiful Blooms
A great-aunt’s legacy lives on through a packet of delphinium seeds.
Magazine
Dear Yankee | June 2016
Our favorite recent letters, Facebook posts, Instagram comments, and tweets. Victory for Pipeline Opponents On April 21, residents in southern New Hampshire and parts of Massachusetts awoke to the surprising and welcome news that energy giant Kinder Morgan had suspended its plan to build a nearly 200-mile pipeline, from a point west of Albany, New […]
What are the best New England dishes worth traveling for this summer? Yankee’s food editor goes on the road to find 10 classics not to miss.
Helaine Hughes from the Poison Ivy Removal Company in Greenfield, NH, shares her tips on how to get rid of poison ivy – both in your yard and on your clothes or skin.
This 18th-century former stagecoach stop was also home to the very first indoor privy in the Berkshires town of Hancock, Massachusetts.
Food
Top Dogs
We sent Yankee contributor Mike Urban on a mission to discover (and devour) the region’s best hot dogs.
Some history buffs in New Hampshire — myself included — have always believed that the colonists’ attack on Fort William and Mary in New Castle, New Hampshire, four months before the battles in Lexington and Concord, was, in fact, the beginning of the American Revolution. We feel that the only reason the rest of America […]