Picking the right autumn destination is no easy feat. For the perfect fall experience, here are ten favorite New England foliage towns.
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It’s finally happening! Beautiful fall foliage is emerging in northern New England, after a bit of a delay due to the recent heat. We knew that conditions were primed for the colors to come on, and with the slight drought and abundant sunshine, had even anticipated an early year. The lack of cool mornings, however, was […]
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New England Fall Foliage Stalls in Hot Weather
There is a point in my morning commute where it’s easy to get off the highway and take a scenic route along the shoreline of Lake Massabesic. I seem to find time to follow this route a lot more often in autumn, compelled to feel a connection to the land and landscape around me as […]
The first day of fall is fast approaching! Ready for leaf peeping? Learn where to typically find the earliest fall foliage in New England.
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In the Kingdom of the Jalberts
Yankee Classic: Everything unraveled one sultry late-summer afternoon in 1958, the horrifying day that changed the Allagash River forever.
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New England Peak Fall Foliage Outlook Updated
Labor Day weekend marks the symbolic ending of the summer season in New England. Officially, autumn won’t arrive until September 23rd this year, but the line of boats and RV’s traveling south out of the lakes and mountains of northern New England on Monday indicates the true transition in mindset has already begun. With summer’s […]
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Ship Shape
For the shipwrights at Mystic Seaport, a way of life sails on.
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2015 New England Peak Fall Foliage Forecast
During a recent hike, I passed a stately, gnarled old apple tree on the edge of a farm field. It was heavily laden with fruit this year, and though they were far from ripe, their emerging flavors instantly transported my mind to one of those perfect autumn days, picking apples under endless blue skies, warm […]
In Old Lyme, CT, where one of America’s most famous artists’ colonies once thrived, the landscape still has the power to move those who stop to admire it.
From a Massachusetts bakery to an Alabama goat farm, these days, the chance to chance to change your life as the owner of a new business could require nothing more than a brief essay, minimal entrance fee, and a bit of luck. “Essay-for-a-business” contests have been popping up all over the country in 2015, and […]
Photographer Kindra Clineff has been shooting foliage for Yankee since 1989. She shared her top tips on how to take the best fall foliage photographs ever.
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Life in the Kingdom | Spare Parts
In rural Vermont, finding what you need isn’t always about what’s easy and efficient.