Visit the Candy-Striped West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in Lubec, Maine

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Rugged and rocky, Maine’s bold coast is appropriately named. In this season 3 segment of Weekends with Yankee (episode 305), we travel to the easternmost part of the United States in Lubec, Maine, marked by West Quoddy Head Lighthouse. This lighthouse is one of a kind, being the only candy striped lighthouse in the United States. The candy stripe has been guiding boats home since 1808, serving as a “day-marker” by day and shooting light up to 18 miles away at night. 

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Produced by GBH, Boston’s preeminent public media producer, Weekends with Yankee is a Telly Award–winner in theTourism/Travel category and was recently nominated for Best New Series and Best Travel Program by The Taste Awards. Series funding for Weekends with Yankee is provided by New Hampshire Division of Travel & Tourism Development, Maine Office of Tourism, Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, The Barn Yard, American Cruise Lines, and Grady-White Boats.