New England is the northeastern corner of the US, and it includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Although southwestern Connecticut is really a suburb of New York and it shouldn't be considered New England. They root for the Yankees and not the Red Sox after all, so they aren't real newenglanders.
One of the most interesting features of New England is the intensity of its deep forests. Weather is quite wet, and that makes for incredibly green woods. And in the Fall, the leaves start turning, from their original green, to different tones of ochre, brown and even deep red. You can see an example here, taken in Maine this weekend from the car (with great peril to my life XDDD).
Here's another example, a tree which is starting its process, taken Saturday on the Bowdoin College campus. Imagine the sight of going up a mountain, and seeing the next one covered with a cloak of all colors, from green to red.
It is very spectacular to see a tree with its leaves deep red. See these two beautiful trees, which flank the door of the Tufts math department. My office window was in front of the right hand one, and in the Autumn afternoons there was this red glow coming in through the window. Quite spectacular.
