There’s a lot to see in do in the Pine Tree State, but some activities really stand the test of time. Read our picks for the best classic attractions in Maine. Historic Highlight – Best Summer Stock Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit (1933) Catch a musical in the 675-seat Ogunquit Playhouse, operating every summer since 1933. Over the […]
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The Pine Tree State has plenty to offer in the Great Outdoors. Read our picks for the best outdoor attractions in Maine for 2015. Best Coastal Farm Wells Reserve at Laudholm , Wells A National Estuarine Research Reserve, based at historic Laudholm Farms, known in the 1920s for its progressive agricultural practices. Hike seven miles […]
Pinching pennies never felt so good! Check out our picks for the best bargains in Maine for 2015. Best Portland Art Immersion First Friday Art Walk, Portland On the first Friday of every month, Portland’s art community opens its doors, with gallery and museum events, street performances, and more. Free. firstfridayartwalk.com Best Twofer Lobster Rolls Tracey’s […]
Looking to rest your head in the Pine Tree State? We’ve got you covered! Check out our picks for the best lodging in Maine for 2015. Best Walk-to-Everything Location 2 Village Square, Ogunquit Walk to shops, galleries, restaurants, the beach, and the Marginal Way, if you can tear away from the heated pool, hot tub, […]
Looking for fun in Vacationland? You won’t have to look far! Read our picks for the best attractions in Maine for 2015. BEST BREWERY TOURS THE MAINE BREW BUS, Greater Portland & Beyond Leave the driving to Lenny, the Maine Brew Bus, as you sip and tour Southern Maine breweries, brewpubs, wineries and distilleries. Tickets […]
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Mt. Desert Narrows
Looking across Mt. Desert Narrows from Sullivan to Mt Desert Island, Maine.
In places, Moosehead is as wide as most lakes are long, but our family is drawn to the narrow passage at its midpoint. A dirt road forks off through the woods to The Birches’ lakeside lodge and cabins at Rockwood, a village of camps and marinas at the mouth of the Moose River. Forget unpacking—it’s […]
Off-season travelers to Maine’s Southern Coast leave with memories for a lifetime. I know of few things more satisfying than to sleep by the sea. It matters little whether I find a room large or small, plain or fancy. It’s the windows that matter; if I can see, hear, and smell the sea, I’m a […]
In Ogunquit, folks plan each summer day according to the tides. Halfway between high tide and low tide, when the current of the Ogunquit River flows swiftly out to the Atlantic, people congregate on the flat stretch of sand that rolls down to the riverbank. They carry an assortment of flotation devices: rafts, boogie boards, […]
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Baxter State Park
Having Park Director Buzz Caverly show you around Baxter State Park is like having Emeril teach you how to cook. We’d been climbing Katahdin in the near darkness for more than an hour, at first lighting our way from Chimney Pond over the steep, boulder-strewn Saddle Trail by flashlight, then by the breaking dawn. On […]
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Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park’s landscape is so mesmerizing it will take your breath away. When people think of Acadia, they think of it mostly as a refuge for nature; it’s been viewed as such since the first artists from Eastern Seaboard cities ventured here in the 1840s. But Acadia is no more a work of pure […]
We board the schooner American Eagle in the late-summer darkness, the last of the 26 passengers to arrive for the four-day Penobscot Bay cruise that will set sail in the morning. Captain John Foss welcomes us. His pride in this ship that his hands transformed from a worn-out fishing schooner to a jewel of the […]