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A winter getaway to Camden, Maine, offers an off-seasonal coastal escape that’s worth savoring.

From posh to cozy to nostalgic, here are our nominees for outstanding boutique hotels in New England.

Shop local this holiday season with this festive sampler of craft fairs and artisan galleries for one-of-a-kind gifts.

For travelers who lean toward the intimate feel and design savvy of boutique hotels, Portland offers some standout sleepovers.

Best seaside state park? Best spots to stay? See our expert editors’ picks for the best things to see and do along Maine’s coastal Route 1.

Once you discover your favorite MidCoast Maine island, you may never want to leave…

From a long chrome tap that looked more as if it should be used to fill balloons than a pint, the black-brown liquid began to cascade into the glass, with milky white bubbles creating a swirling, opaque waterfall as they rose to the top. I watched the show, mesmerized, as the beer slowed and a […]

Looking for dining, lodging, and top-notch attractions in the Pine Tree State? Here are more than 40 of our editors’ picks for the best of Maine.

Looking for the best things to do in Maine? You won’t have to look far! Read our picks for the best attractions in Maine for 2016. Best Tourist Hot Spot: Acadia National Park Even though Acadia, celebrating its 100th anniversary, is one of America’s most popular national parks, it’s easy to find a private patch of heaven […]

The beauty of the New England islands has inspired an enduring legacy of artists and fine art, some 150 years in the making.

Though I don’t get to the University of Maine Museum of Art, two hours north of me in downtown Bangor, very often, I have never been disappointed when I have. The Alan Bray exhibition I saw there last fall was the best solo show I saw all year and the I-95 Triennial 2013 (through June […]

   Back in 1987, the then-DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park in Lincoln, Massachusetts, mounted New England Now: Contemporary Art from Six States, a truly authoritative regional survey of the sort that New England needs. The DeCordova became the New England regional hub for new art under curator Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, but, now renamed DeCordova […]