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New England

Best Public Gardens in New England

From the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens to the roses at Elizabeth Park in Connecticut, here are eight of the best public gardens in New England.

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Living

The New Makers

Their skills are as old as New England itself; their materials, timeless. But there’s a modern gleam that runs through the work of these 10 artisans.

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Yankee Magazine

New Bedford Whaling Museum

It’s the responsibility of any good history museum to tell both sides of a story. That’s somewhat more difficult when one side is a whale. The New Bedford Whaling Museum has successfully struck a balance between history and natural science that fully explores the complex and often bloody relationship between Earth’s two most dominant mammals. […]

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Yankee Magazine

Cured Meat & Fish | 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards

View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Cured Meat & Fish. COLD SMOKED ATLANTIC SALMON SULLIVAN HARBOR FARM SMOKEHOUSE Hancock Village, Maine The team at Sullivan Harbor produces 75,000 pounds of luscious cured and smoked seafood each year, and we’re especially fond of their smoked salmon. It’s silky, with a perfect sweet/salt […]

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Yankee Magazine

Ticonderoga | Lake Champlain’s Steamboat

Learn more about the steamboat Ticonderoga, a popular attraction at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. Launched in 1906, the Ticonderoga (or the Ti, for those who knew it well) was a state-of-the-art side-wheel steamer that transported passengers, freight, and cars—even an elephant once—on Lake Champlain, cruising at 23 miles per hour; only trains could […]

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