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Snow sports guide

Head for the hills. Another ski season is on tap, and we've got the latest information to get you ready.
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Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration
Basketmakers from Maine’s Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes will be selling their handmade ash splint and sweetgrass baskets at the Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale...
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Springfield

Springfield

Oh, the places you’ll go in Geisel’s hometown.

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A semester in Melbourne

A semester in Melbourne

When Sang-Hee Min is not studying psychology, chemistry, and Australian studies, she’s visiting (and occasionally eating) kangaroos.
Take a New England lighthouse tour

Take a New England lighthouse tour

From Maine to Connecticut, lighthouses are defining landmarks of New England.

Around New England

Outdoor adventures

Outdoor adventures

A complete guide to hiking, biking, and camping in New England.
boston visitors guide

Boston visitors' guide

Where to eat, play, sleep, shop.
Spa and luxury guide

Spa and luxury guide

"Aahs" in Boston and beyond.
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Readers' pet pics

See pets on summer vacation.
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Map out your trek for treats

Map out your trek for treats

Treat yourself to unique locales where ambience surrounds you, treasures await you, and the season offers you its delights.
Making breakfast, making history

Making breakfast, making history

Howarth House has a rather unique claim to fame: Guests may find Fitchburg Fire Captain Brian Belliveau whipping up their pancakes or omelets in the morning.
Things to be thankful for

Things to be thankful for

Here are a dozen things for New England travelers to be thankful for this season.
An inland postcard from Route 102

An inland postcard from Route 102

On R.I.'s Route 102, you'll find rural Americana dining, a sleepy seaside village, and some of the quirkiest history the state has to offer.
A delectable retreat

A delectable retreat

Visitors to New England's first (and so far only) full-service culinary resort can become culinary masters in a cooking class or zone out in the spa.
Brewster by the Sea

Touches of class at this Brewster inn

Brewster by the Sea offers a pampered experience with European flair.
Beacon Hill

Boston's melting pot

Beacon Hill was settled in 1625 and its always diverse history is traceable - and walkable - nearly 400 years later
Tastes of the Azores

Tastes of the Azores

Fall River harbors the sounds and tastes of its historic link to the Azores.
Foreign flair in New England

Foreign flair in N.E.

These 10 spots will transport you to another place without ever leaving New England.
Boston Harborwalk

Promenade in parts

The Boston Harborwalk explores a city waterfront that's a mix of old and new, work and play.
Baked stuffed lobster from B&G Oysters

Six great seafood spots

While there's obvious choices like Legal Seafoods and Summer Shacks, here's an insider's guide to other sumptuous offerings.

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The Boston Sports Trail

The Boston Sports Trail

Get your sports fix along the Boston Sports Trail. Use our GPS tour to help make the most of it.
Three-day coastal wine tour

Three-day coastal wine tour

Looking to escape but don't have the time — or the energy — to plan a trip? Our GPS tour has you covered.
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Computer assistance

Take a GPS-guided tour of Route 127 from the comfort of your car.

From The Boston Globe

Map out your trek for treats

Treat yourself to unique locales where ambience surrounds you, treasures await you, and the season offers you its delights.

Expats find provisions plum-pudding perfect

NASHUA - When Denise and Gerry Pressinger launched The British Aisles 20 years ago, their dining room table was the warehouse and their living room was filled with fellow British expatriates every Saturday afternoon. “They’d come over to stock up on things they missed from home,’’ Denise recalls. “Silly things, really, like HP Sauce and Heinz beans, all the biscuits, ...

An inland postcard from R.I. Route 102

Route 102 may not be the state’s longest road (it’s fourth), but it is one of the prettiest. Besides some of the most picturesque landscape, it has rural Americana dining at its hilly northern end, a sleepy seaside village at its southern terminus, and in between some of the quirkiest history Rhode Island has to offer.

Things we can be thankful for

We feel a surge of regional chauvinism on Thanksgiving mornings when we shiver on the streets of Plymouth to bear witness to the Pilgrim Progress March. On a day dominated by football and gluttony, we’re thankful for the purity of this reenactment of the 1621 Thanksgiving service where the 51 surviving Pilgrims prayed for their dead and gave thanks for ...

Vermont spa beckons, but first, to the kitchen

ESSEX, Vt. - French bistro. That’s what we would be tackling, a dinner starting with an appetizer of chardonnay-steamed mussels, then moving to steak au poivre, potatoes in truffle oil, sauteed chanterelles, and cherry tomatoes tossed in garlic and olive oil with tiny pattypan squash. The finale would be a fresh berry tart on a bed of lemon curd with ...

A WHO’S WHO SAYS WHERE TO GO

Where will you take guests this holiday season and beyond? We asked some prominent New Englanders to share their favorite spots. Hopefully, their answers will inspire you.