Did New England invent leaf peeping as a destination? Perhaps. Here’s a look at our favorite foliage season musts — our “7 Wonders of Fall.”
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New Hampshire
Best Scenic Hikes in the Whites
Yankee Magazine picks the best scenic hikes in the White Mountains with the help of outdoor adventurer, hiker, and cyclist Marty Basch, author of The White Mountain Ride Guide: A Backroad and Trailside Companion (Top of the World Communications, 1998). For more on his travels, read “One Tank Away,” online at: martybasch.com Mount Eisenhower There’s […]
Since 1926 hundreds of amateur astronomers and telescope makers have gathered on a Vermont hillside at the Stellafane convention, their own “Shrine to the Stars.” I’m standing on Breezy Hill in the black ink of a Vermont midnight in mid-July, surrounded by savants and telescopes. “Switching to M11,” somebody whispers as the barrel of his […]
Maine
Round Mountain Sunset
Sunset over the White Mountains of New Hampshire from Round Mountain in Albany, Maine.
The Granite State has plenty to offer in the Great Outdoors. Read our picks for the best outdoor attractions in New Hampshire for 2015. Best Berry Picking Monadnock Berries, Troy The expansive setting, with majestic Mount Monadnock in the foreground, is as delicious as the grape-sized blueberries clustered on row after row of bushes. The […]
Looking to rest your head in the Granite State? We’ve got you covered! Check out our picks for the best lodging in New Hampshire for 2015. BEST HISTORIC AMC HUT CARTER NOTCH HUT, Wildcat Mountain, Jackson The Appalachian Mountain Club calls this rustic beauty in a wildly pretty setting its best-kept secret. This year it […]
New England
Favorite Places in New England | Willem Lange
Outdoor adventurer Willem Lange hosts New Hampshire Public Television’s award-winning Windows to the Wild outdoor series. Viewers join Will as he hikes, paddles and explores New England, and meets people who share his love of the outdoors. All episodes of Windows to the Wild are available for viewing online, and DVDs of many of the […]
Magazine
Center Lovell Inn Essay Contest
The Center Lovell Inn, featured as our “House for sale” in 1992, is located next to Maine’s beautiful lake Kezar – but it isn’t the picturesque setting, or even the delicious bistro food that it’s famous for (though it’s certainly famous for those too). Rather, the Center Lovell Inn is known for how it has […]
This White Mountains home is on a high, open pasture just north of New Hampshire’s Franconia Notch. The view from up there is simply breathtaking! When we wake up in the early morning,” said owner Catherine Dowd to us during our recent visit with her and husband Jim Knee at their mountain home, “we’re always […]
The Blackington Collection — a priceless collection of 2,000 glass-plate negatives that captured New England life from the 1890s through the 1930s — had been forgotten in a box in the cellar of Yankee’s offices. Then they were rescued. They’ll often start, ‘I have a funny question. You may not be interested, but …’” As the […]
Across the high country of Vermont and New Hampshire and down the coast from Portland to Boston, our time-travel adventure takes you from ski slopes to cities where classic New England endures.
To celebrate Yankee‘s 80th anniversary in 2015, The Yankee Seeker will spend the year cooking and baking from the vast and colorful Yankee Magazine recipe archives. Will the retro results hold up to today’s tastes? We can’t wait to find out! As an inaugural theme for “Yankee Seeker Meets Yankee Archives,” I chose “comfort food” […]