New England
New England is quite as large a lump of earth as my heart can really take in. -Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best of New England
Best book A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
Best beach Cape Cod National Seashore
Best bike Climb to the Clouds, Mt Wachusett
Best hike Mt Moosilauke
Best of Boston
Best book Interpreter of the Maladies, Jumpha Lahiri
Best baseball D.O.
Best bar The Druid (Cambridge)
Best break Middlesex Fells
Live from New England
I am lucky to call Boston, Massachusetts "home". That means that whenever I am not gallavanting across the globe, I am writing about my adventures right here in New England. Read my Travel Blog from New England.
Introducing Boston
Exiting Kendall Square, the red-line train emerges from the tunnel into the daylight. It trundles over the Longfellow Bridge, offering up 360 degrees of river, sky and city. Read More...
Off the Beaten Track
In New England, getting off the beaten track means exploring its northernmost reaches. If you're yearning for the picturesque New England countryside without the picture-takers and the winding roads without the traffic jams, then hop in your car and drive up I-91. All the way up. Read More...
Mara Vorhees is a writer and photographer who blogs about food, music and adventure around the world.She has written guidebooks about Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Morocco, New England and Russia for Lonely Planet. Click here to read more about Mara.
ICA Boston
Boston may appear radical in its politics, but in affairs of the art, the city has long shown more conservative tastes. The 2006 unveiling of a gleaming new Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) on the waterfront shattered this trend, establishing the city as a hub for the art of the present and the future.