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 bar The Druid (Cambridge)
Best break Middlesex Fells
New England: Top of the Class
Breezy beach days melt into an autumnal spectacular in the brainy, brawny Northeast. Read my article in UK Metro...
Travel Secret #49: Boston
Since the first settlers came ashore in 1630, English adventuerers have been coming to Boston, Massachusetts. So it's strange that the city isn't visited by more British tourists today. Read my piece in Lonely Planet Magazine...
Welcome to New England
Come to New England to mount seemingly insurmountable summits and to swoosh down snow-covered slopes, to feel the ocean breeze and taste the salty air. Come to tantalize your taste buds, for succulent seafood and sweet maple syrup. Come for history and high culture, to follow the writers and revolutionaries who changed the world. 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.
