There’s a lot to see in do in the Ocean State, but some activities really stand the test of time. Read our picks for the best classic attractions in Rhode Island. BEST COFFEE CABINET DELEKTA’S PHARMACY, Warren Impassioned arguments may be waged over which clam shack serves the best chowder and clam cakes, but nary a […]
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Pinching pennies never felt so good! Check out our picks for the best bargains in Rhode Island for 2013. Your wallet will thank you. BEST CITY CINEMA MOVIES ON THE BLOCK, Providence The free flicks are always hits, and the food options are way better than popcorn and Jujubes. Grab some takeout from Tazza (250 […]
Looking to rest your head in Rhode Island? We’ve got you covered! Check out our picks for the best lodging in Rhode Island for 2013. BEST CITY ESCAPE CHRISTOPHER DODGE HOUSE, Providence This 14-room B&B, housed in an Italianate mansion, is slightly out of the downtown Providence fray, but still only a 10-minute walk to […]
The Constitution State has plenty to offer in the Great Outdoors. Read our picks for the best outdoor attractions in Connecticut for 2013. BEST HISTORY, FRESH AIR & EXERCISE MINE HILL PRESERVE, Roxbury Easy walking trails pass a pond, brook, and bridge, as well as industrial ruins and mineshafts. Once a bustling site, now a […]
There’s a lot to see in do in the Constitution State, but some activities really stand the test of time. Read our picks for the best classic attractions in Connecticut. BEST MUSICAL THEATRE GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE, East Haddam This wedding-cake lookalike is home to a Tony Award-winning stage. Man of La Mancha and Annie were pre-Broadway […]
BEST DRIVE-IN DOUBLE FEATURES MANSFIELD DRIVE-IN, Mansfield Take the kids to first-run movies on Wednesday nights. Double features on three screens. Wednesday Carload Nite: $18. 228 Stafford Road. 860-423-4441; mansfielddrivein.com BEST BASEBALL NIGHT NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS, New Britain With weekly fireworks, kids-eat-free days, and family packages, this baseball park is a home run–not to […]
The Granite State has plenty to offer in the Great Outdoors. Read our picks for the best outdoor attractions in New Hampshire for 2013. BEST WATERFALL PARK BABY FLUME & HUNTINGTON CASCADES, Dixville Get two waterfalls almost in one with the Baby Flume, just east of The Balsams resort, and Huntington Cascades across the street. […]
The Pine Tree State has plenty to offer in the Great Outdoors. Read our picks for the best outdoor attractions in Maine for 2013. BEST NIGHT PADDLE Bioluminescent Night Paddle, Castine Sure, there are daylight tours of East Penobscot Bay, but the rewards for joining “Kayak” Karen Francoeur on a two-hour, fully outfitted night paddle […]
There’s a lot to see in do in the Pine Tree State, but some activities really stand the test of time. Read our picks for the best classic attractions in Maine. BEST TRADITIONAL MAINE INN THE BLUE HILL INN, Blue Hill Conjure an image of the perfect inn, and likely it resembles this Federal-style gem decorated […]
Pinching pennies never felt so good! Check out our picks for the best bargains in Maine for 2013. Your wallet will thank you. BEST CITY DINER PALACE DINER, Biddeford Maine’s oldest diner is a gem, a 1926 Pollard towed here from Lowell, Massachusetts, by two horses in the same year Lindbergh flew over the […]
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Best 5 Mountain-Bike Trails
Longtime Yankee contributor and Massachusetts native Todd Balf, who has ridden mountain-bike trails from New Zealand to Venezuela. We asked him to share his picks for the best 5 mountain bike trails in New England. Great Brook Farm State Park (Carlisle, MA) Twenty miles of trails beyond the red farm buildings at the entrance to […]
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DeCordova’s Boston Biennial
Back in 1987, the then-DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park in Lincoln, Massachusetts, mounted New England Now: Contemporary Art from Six States, a truly authoritative regional survey of the sort that New England needs. The DeCordova became the New England regional hub for new art under curator Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, but, now renamed DeCordova […]