Admire the historic buildings in this charming New Hampshire town and marvel at the region's largest stand of giant ...

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Boston, the capital and largest city in Massachusetts, is one of the oldest cities in the country. The city’s central location in New England makes it the perfect starting point for countless day ...

ABOARD THE GREEN MOUNTAIN FLYER Outside the window of car No. 551, the New England countryside passes by in flashes of color, like photographs in a tourism brochure blue streams and yellowing trees, ...

Barre artist Fred Swan’s paintings of the New England countryside often evoke a common reaction: “Oh, I know where that is!” Swan has painted real landmarks, such as the Stowe Community Church and ...

RAINBOW ON THE ROAD (343 pp.)—Esther Forbes — Houghton Mifflin ($3.75). Esther Forbes has spent her writing career (28 years, eleven books) spading up the New England past. One of her books (Paul ...

ABOARD THE GREEN MOUNTAIN FLYER Outside the window of car No. 551, the New England countryside passes by in flashes of color, like photographs in a tourism brochure blue streams and yellowing trees, ...