When Maine passed an 1897 bill requiring hunting guides to register with the state, the first license issued went to ‘Fly Rod’ Crosby, a sportswoman and journalist whose natural flair for public relations had helped establish western and northern Maine as outdoor-sports destinations. Cornelia Thurza Crosby was born in Phillips, Maine, on November 10, 1854. […]
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They’re an unlikely pairing for immortality together: Alfred Eisenstaedt, a German-born photographer who roamed New York with his Leica for Life magazine, and George Mendonça, a young sailor, just back from World War II, who was raised in a Rhode Island fishing family and would soon return to that life. In a Times Square instant […]
Connecticut
Fall Comes to Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills
Explore the lovely rolling landscape that makes up Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills, where “keeping it as is” is more than a phrase — it’s a way of life.
New Hampshire
Where to Eat in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Dining out in the hip, seaside city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire has never been more delicious.
“Humor can be dissected, as a frog can,” E. B. White famously said, “but the thing dies in the process.” Nevertheless, throwing caution to the wind (along with some lint picked off an old sweater), we examine here the contributions made to the field by Yankee humor, which was anaesthetized using extracts of Town Meeting […]
Eighty years ago this summer, Eastport, Maine, thought it was on the cusp of prosperity and fame as work began on history’s most ambitious tidal project.
How do you go about choosing the twenty-five best beach towns in New England? It wasn’t easy, but we can guarantee that regardless of your personal criteria, there’s a beach town for you on our list.
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 […]
The Town House School in Kennebunkport, Maine — a one room structure where generations of children from fishing and working class families were educated until 1950 — is scheduled for demolition in August of 2015. It is a decision that many residents are not happy with, and one that begs the question of how far they’re willing to […]
Magazine
Yankee Magazine Covers | 1950s
As Yankee Magazine grew in the 1950s, Robb Sagendorph found himself being asked to speak for ceremonies and events. He loved to prank his audiences, and always brought with him a whimsical, quirky attitude. Some say his favorite prank was a wind-up moth that flew from the pages of books he would read from. He was really […]
In New England, historical plaques are as plentiful as grey squirrels and just as easy to overlook. But sometimes it pays to pause and read over these little shrines to history. Many of them have an interesting story to tell—especially the ones that aren’t true. If you’re looking for a whopper, stop by the John […]
Where do the editors of Yankee Magazine go on the weekends? Many of them head to the coast of Maine for some rest and relaxation. Here we present a sampling of their photos from Yankee’s Instagram feed.