Massachusetts

Charmed by Chatham | A Picturesque Cape Cod Town

As the end of August approaches, many of us are hopping into the car to enjoy one of the final weekends of summer. Seeking rest and relaxation, trips are motivated by the hopes of capturing those satisfying moments of a quintessential New England summer: time by the ocean, breathing in salt air, and feasting on […]

Magazine

Jud’s Museum | Video

Peek inside Jud’s Museum while listening to him reminisce about his time at Yankee magazine.

Food

Farm-to-Table Bounty on Cape Cod | Chatham Bars Inn Farm

When Arrows Restaurant opened in Ogunquit, Maine in 1988, the idea of a fine-dining restaurant supplying its own fresh produce was a novelty to most New Englanders. There were small garden-centered restaurants at the time, like New Hampshire’s Pickity Place and Connecticut’s Golden Lamb Buttery, but Arrows changed the game by bringing the ingredient-driven New […]

New England

Foliage Reporter Jim Salge Returns for the 2015 Foliage Season

Our foliage expert, Jim Salge, will be returning for the 2015 foliage season to provide Yankee readers with weekly foliage updates beginning on August 20th. As a former meteorologist at the Mount Washington Observatory, Jim is a keen observer of the progression of the seasons in New England. He’ll use his knowledge of weather, geography […]

Food

Inside the New Boston Public Market

The year-round Boston Public Market in historic downtown features a mix of local vendors – meat, cheese, flowers, and even hot cider donuts!

History

New England Directions | HUMOR

Here in New England, losing your way after asking for directions is a recurring rite of passage. You’re invited to an unfamiliar village in New England, and you ask for directions. “Well, it’s about seven miles past the covered bridge, and if you pass the gun shop you know you’ve gone too far. There used […]

Homes

1779 Georgian Colonial in Francestown, NH | House For Sale

During the 1990s, a New Jersey couple walked through more than 50 New England homes before deciding to purchase this 1779 Georgian Colonial in beautiful Francestown, New Hampshire. Time goes on, though, and now they’re looking at retirement communities—but not before writing us one of the funniest ‘House for Sale’ letters we’ve seen in a […]

Magazine

Yankee Magazine Covers | 1930s

“It began in a hexagon shack with one man, one typewriter, a Franklin Stove, and a dream. In later years Robb Sagendorph would shrug and say, “The publisher still doesn’t know of any particular reason why Yankee was begun or is still around. To get any sort of editorial policy out of him would be […]

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