For the past few years, Yankee Magazine‘s editors have been snapping photos throughout New England. Here we present a sampling of their most iconic New Hampshire shots. Historic Meetinghouses Learn more about New England Meetinghouses. Explore the historic village of Amherst, New Hampshire. Historic Inns Explore the historic village of Hancock, New Hampshire. Scenic Mill Towns Learn about historic […]
Many communities put on a show for the holidays, but Christmas celebrations in Manchester and Woodstock, Vermont, are especially festive.
Stacy Schiff is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer whose latest book, The Witches, examines the many mysteries and misconceptions about the Salem Witch Trials. I caught up with Stacy at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to learn a bit more about the challenges and surprises she encountered during the four-and-a-half-year process of compiling and […]
More than 50 years ago, Beatrice Trum Hunter published the first natural foods cookbook in America. Now approaching 100, she’s still fighting to help people eat better and live without toxic chemicals.
In the spring of 1954, Milton Graton landed a job that would change his life and the fate of covered bridges around the country, New England especially. A structure mover out of Ashland, New Hampshire, the 46-year-old Graton was a large-scale hauler, moving buildings mainly. Which is how he ended up in Rumney, […]
Yankee Magazine‘s editors and contributors roam all over the region to snap photos for our Instagram feed. From historic architecture to stunning vistas, here we present a sampling of their most iconic photos depicting fall in New England.
For all the tragedy of the stories in their stones, New England’s historic graveyards are restful places.
A visit to the “Brooklyn of the Berkshires” town of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, including a stay at Hotel on North and afternoon at Hancock Shaker Village.
In New England there’s cold and then there’s “braggin’ cold,” and those who live in the North Country know what that difference feels like. But there’s one particular kind of person who knows all about “braggin’ wind”: the weather observers who live and work on the 6,288-foot summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Their […]
Feisty Annie Smith Peck conquered the world’s highest peaks —and horrified her Rhode Island relatives in the process. Born into a traditional New England family in 1850—her father was a lawyer and businessman, her mother a direct descendant of Roger Williams—she mortified her parents when she vowed she would develop the strength and stamina to […]
Our guide to the best artisinal cheeses, chocolates, jams, cookies, pickles, and other worthy New England edibles.
On Tuesday evening, shortly after sunset, I watched the full Hunter’s Moon rise above a gently rolling field in northern New England. The trees along the forest edge had already been stripped of their leaves, and their silhouettes were strong and spooky against the moonlight. Considering that Halloween is somehow already upon us, the timing […]
