Magazine

Dear Yankee | August 2016

Our favorite letters, Facebook posts, Instagram comments, and tweets from readers like you.

Magazine

This Issue | August 2016

Deputy Editor Ian Aldrich talks about the varied and exciting stories in this issue of Yankee.

Homes

Federal House in Middletown, CT | Home Again

Let’s go back to those early years. Before the big house came down, nail by nail, board by board, beam by beam. Before all those truckloads of old timber rumbled through the quiet center of Middletown, Connecticut. Before the tree clearing and the dirt moving. Before the curious onlookers came to see what all the […]

Homes

Imitation Antique Home | The Oldest New House in New England

How one Maine couple turned a 1984 house into the antique home of their dreams. The light feels old … What’s surprising, though, is the warmth of color saturating the walls and furniture: dark mustard thick enough to sink your teeth into; rosy wooden chairs, like faded flowers; a dough box the color of silvery […]

Vermont

The Upper Valley | Go, See, Do

Heading the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire? Here are our picks for the best things to do, places to stay, places to eat, and more!

History

Tropical Storm Irene Will Never Be Forgotten

Five years after the devastation of 2011’s Tropical Storm Irene, those who lived through it in Wilmington, Vermont, remember both what they lost and what they found.

Vermont

Mirror Lake

When you live beside a New England lake, each season brings its own special intimacy. These are the mornings I’ll remember. The sky is already lit at 5:00 a.m., the lake like glass. Mist hangs in the hollows on the far shore, ghosted in the water below. No one else will be up for hours. […]

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