BEST MODERNIZED MOTEL BRIARCLIFF MOTEL, Great Barrington The chic look of the Mad Men era mostly by-passed roadside lodging, but new owners have imbued this ’60s motel with wit and style, making it a cool place to unwind in the hippest town in the Berkshires. Monument Mountain is literally across the street. Rates: from $170, […]
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Pinching pennies never felt so good! Check out our picks for the best bargains in New Hampshire for 2013. Your wallet will thank you. BEST DISNEYLAND EXPERIENCE STORYLAND, Glen New England parents of young children know that a trip to Storyland is inevitable. Savvy parents, however, know that buying tickets after 3:00 p.m. in July […]
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 […]
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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. Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Great Brook Farm State Park (Carlisle, MA) Twenty miles […]
Award-winning photographer Smari grew up in Iceland. He bought his first camera at the age of 14, financed by selling the daily Icelandic newspaper, and has been obsessed with photography ever since. After studying business, Smari left Iceland for California to attend Brooks Institute of Photography. He then crossed the country to Boston and recently […]
New England
End of Ski Season | Snow Snow and No Snow
During the heart of winter, it’s common for me to field questions about my weekend winter activities. But this time of year, when I tell people on Monday mornings at the water cooler that I spent the last two days skiing, they look at me in disbelief. The weekend before last at Saddleback and Sugarloaf […]
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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 […]
Massachusetts
Finding Wildflowers at Garden in the Woods
Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Massachusetts, offers a great opportunity to see native wildflowers.
Lobster shacks and a lighthouse, craggy shores and a sand beach, boat-filled harbors and postcard villages: Looping the Pemaquid Peninsula, via Routes 130 and 32, reveals it all. Begin in Damariscotta, just off U.S. Route 1; after breakfast at Chrissy’s, browse the independent specialty and antiques shops and galleries lining Main Street, including the never-to-be-missed […]
Project: From fish pond to tabletop gathering place When Richard Paul and his wife, Martha, bought their 1780 property in Pomfret, Connecticut, in 1995, the backyard was a wild and tangled place. “We knew there was a sunken garden in there,” Richard says, “but it was filled with trees.” Intensive bushwhacking uncovered matching oval goldfish […]
Blame it on the majestic New England scenery that lured artists to its shores and mountains–or on savvy collectors who had the foresight to purchase the preeminent works of their time. The result is undeniable: The bounty of art found in this region is mind-boggling, from the American collection housed in the Museum of Fine […]
Would you have chosen integrity over money when the Northern Pass Project came to town? These New Englanders did, proving that love of place can run so deep that it’s like faith.