White-steepled churches, country stores, black-shuttered white clapboard houses, and bobbing boats provide the backdrop to the prettiest towns in New England.
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Heading to the New Hampshire Seacoast? We’ve got the perfect roundup of what to see, do, and eat while you’re there, plus where to stay when it’s time for bed. Read on to see our picks for the best of the NH coast for 2015! BEST ATTRACTIONS ON THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST Best Summer Concerts […]
Across the high country of Vermont and New Hampshire and down the coast from Portland to Boston, our time-travel adventure takes you from ski slopes to cities where classic New England endures.
View a sampling of sites along New England’s “Maritime Trail,” covering 400 years of seafaring history. MASSACHUSETTS Battleship Cove On Mount Hope Bay, visit the maritime museum and tour historic military vessels, including the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. and the battleship USS Massachusetts. Home of the National PT Boat Museum. Fall River, MA. […]
A small selection of favorite maritime books and resources on New England’s rich seafaring history, ordered by publication date … New England and the Sea Robert G. Albion, William A. Baker, Benjamin W. Labaree Mystic Seaport Museum, 1970 America and the Sea: A Maritime History Benjamin W. Labaree et al. Mystic Seaport Museum, 1998 Black […]
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Best of Portsmouth, NH | 2013 Editors’ Choice Awards
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE BEST PUBLIC PARK PRESCOTT PARK, Portsmouth Ten acres of flower gardens, walking paths, and grassy areas alongside the Piscataqua River make the perfect backdrop for arts festivals, outdoor concerts, and performances during summer months. Events are free, but donations are accepted. Marcy St. 603-431-8748; cityofportsmouth.com/prescottpark BEST MARINE SCIENCE MUSEUM […]
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Star Island Island Daytrip | Star Island, New Hampshire
Our perfect Star Island daytrip is all about the scenic views and porch-side sitting. Bring your camera and a good book, then enjoy the perfect summer day on the Isles of Shoals.
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. […]
Back on February 2, artist Kim Bernard of North Berwick, Maine, noted on her blog that seeing Alexander Calder’s Circus at the Whitney Museum of Art was a highlight of her recent trip to New York City. “I could see this every day and never grow tired of it, especially the video and Calder […]
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Christmas Comes to Portsmouth
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has many different identities. There’s Market Square, of course, and buzz of shops and restaurants that rivals Boston’s Newbury Street, minus the parking nightmares. Its compact size and sheer number locally owned stores, however, gives it a small town feel. It’s a working waterfront city, too, with tugboats and bigger ships on […]
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New Hampshire Best Lodging 2011
BEST ISLAND LIVING Oceanic Hotel, Star Island For the first time in a long time, the 19th-century hotel on this grand rock in the Isles of Shoals (off the coast of Rye) is open to the public, complete with family-style meals, candlelight walks to the 200-year-old chapel, and plenty of ghost stories. Rates: from $148 […]
View a collection of some of the treasures from the John Carter Brown Library on the Brown University Green in Providence, Rhode Island.