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Looking for an opportunity to get out and try a new sport or hobby this season, but don’t know where to start? Don’t worry, we’ve got you. Each of our local adventure experts will guide you through ...

The results listed here will be published in the July Best of NH issue, which will be available on newsstands, online and in mailboxes in late June 2026. The list below serves as a quick reference ...

This issue's Editor's Note, straight from the desk of NH Magazine's Editor, Mike Cote ...

In 1883, St. Paul’s School in Concord (pictured) held the first ice hockey game in America. From those icy roots the school went on to beat college teams from Princeton and Harvard. Hall of Fame ...

It is a grim anniversary. On March 5, 1873, a down-and-out Prussian fisherman stole a small wooden boat from a Portsmouth, New Hampshire, dock and rowed to the Isles of Shoals. In mild weather on calm ...

Two legends have haunted the Isles of Shoals since colonial days. According to Capt. Christopher Levett, who visited from England in 1623, “Upon these islands are no savages at all.” Levett’s claim ...

There’s a distinct irony at the intersection where Jeremy Davis’ vocation meets his favorite pastime. At his real job, as operations manager for Weather Routing Incorporated in Upstate New York, Davis ...

For three New Hampshire brothers and their kid sister, Tuesday, July 12, 1842, was a perfect summer day. They had left their Milford home the afternoon before in a horse-drawn carriage that took them ...

University of New Hampshire senior captain Ariadne “Ari” Dogani sprints away from her Skidmore College opponent during a match last November. Federico “Fede” Wulff had a dream. This past fall, as his ...

It’s been 50 years since a spectacular UFO was spotted over Exeter. That case, along with many others, remains unsolved. Fifty years ago this September, UFOs came to Exeter. They haven’t left. The ...

After 400 years, it’s time to face facts. The founding of New Hampshire was a flop. There, I said it. Don’t shoot the messenger. We’ve been bending reality for centuries. Our founding English couple, ...