Looking for the best winter towns in New England? These 10 destination towns prove warmth is where you find it, both outside and indoors.
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History
On the Pond | Mary’s Farm
For a child, watching her grandfather skate created a memory where truth and myth lived side by side. My grandfather, whom we called Bim, loved to skate. He loved to do anything outdoors. He’d climbed the Matterhorn and surfed in Honolulu, and he did back flips off the high diving board until he was in his […]
As idiosyncratic and surprising as the state it represents, Montpelier,Vermont, is the smallest capital in the nation, and proud of it.
Brighten the dark days of winter with these lamps — or, as we think of them, art that incorporates light. Lanse Stover LampsLanse Stover of Beverly, Massachusetts, has been a studio artist since 1985. That’s time enough to perfect his art. In this wall sconce, the ceramic base resembles wrought iron and the inside of […]
Site of the U.S. National Toboggan Championships, this toboggan chute also offers thrilling rides for the general public.
New England
10 Best Winter Towns in New England
Looking for the best winter towns in New England? These 10 destination towns prove warmth is where you find it, both outside and indoors.
New England’s traditional, hearty, slow food warms up our winters. This is the season to get out that old pair of skates, to take advantage of a solitary woodland pond where the ice groans like a living being, or just to pull on heavy boots and mittens for a walk to the post office, with […]
Can oysters help New England’s coast survive climate change? One Billion Oysters The only place most of us ever see an oyster is on ice. It’s an expensive delicacy, a sensuous mouthful associated with the boudoir by way of the belly. If you live near the seacoast, your knowledge might extend to the names of […]
White-steepled churches, country stores, black-shuttered white clapboard houses, and bobbing boats provide the backdrop to the prettiest towns in New England.
Magazine
Beatrice Trum Hunter | The Natural
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.
We’d been climbing Katahdin in the near darkness, lighting our way from Chimney Pond over the boulder-strewn Saddle Trail by flashlight, then by the breaking dawn. On the plateau we paused. My companion, Irvin “Buzz” Caverly Jr., had seen this view hundreds of times. He didn’t gush about its beauty; his feelings ran deeper than […]
In April of this year, Charlotte’s Web was declared “the most popular children’s book ever” in a survey produced by BBC.com. E. B. White’s spartan boathouse, where much of the book was written, is still standing in a town in Midcoast Maine, although now the building has been prettied up by new owners. White’s granddaughter […]