Canoeing Maine’s Allagash Wilderness Waterway: Tips for time constrained
Thinking about paddling Maine's Allagash Wilderness Waterway? AWW Superintendent Matthew LaRoche provides options for those with the desire, but without the time to spend...
10 ways to escape the heat in Maine
We're looking at a few days of scorching heat, at least by Maine standards. Keep that in mind: It IS worse elsewhere. And many...
Wood versus metal: Maine’s lobster trap Christmas trees
Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of Jonesport Beals' big kahoona lobster trap tree, but I do have photos of this year's traditional wooden...
Escape to Maine’s Attean Lake Lodge
With spring comes the realization that summer's around the corner, and it’s time to get cracking on planning a family vacation. But where, you...
Maine Central Model Railroad gets new home
One of Maine's largest model railways will be relocated to a purpose-built building on the campus of Kennebunkport's Seashore Trolley Museum, thanks to a $2.6 million donation from the Wyss Medical Foundation. It took the late Buz Beal and his wife, Helen, 12 years to build the Maine Central Model Railroad in a building adjacent to their Jonesport, Maine, home.
The view from Jonesport, Maine: an authentic, ungentrified lobstering village on the down east...
Jonesport is a bona fide, way-way down east Maine lobstering village with a salty disposition and a stunning location. Not too many tourists other...
Maine’s azalea and lilac gardens blossom with spring’s tidings
Azaleas, rhododendrons, and lilacs are beginning to blossom, and these Maine public gardens are full of their color and promise. Note: Some have donation...
Maine summer 2022: What’s new or changed
Keeping up with what's new or changed is never easy, but staying on top of what's in store for Maine summer 2022 has been...
Don’t miss touring Winslow Homer’s studio on Prouts Neck, Maine
You can visit painter Winslow Homer's studio in Prouts Neck, Maine. In September 2012, the Portland Museum of Art opened the studio where the...
All agog about Maine’s Gardens Aglow
Brighten the season with Maine's Gardens Aglow, the annual holiday light extravaganza at the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens in Boothbay.
If this vibrant illumination isn't...
Bald Mountain Camps winterizes for the future: It’s now a classic Maine lodge and...
Steve Philbrick, second-generation owner of Bald Mountain Camps Resort, in Maine's famed Rangeley Lakes region bit the bullet. After much soul seraching, he made...
Maine’s South Solon Meeting House is a surprising visual treat, thanks to artists from...
Open the door to Maine's South Solon Meeting House and Wow! Neither the classically influenced colonial, white-clapboard architecture nor the serene location on a...
Spend an autumn morning hiking Acadia National Park’s Huguenot Head
What better way to spend a glorious autumn morning than hiking in Maine's Acadia National Park. It's not only views that make hiking the...
Island hopping 3: North Haven
North Haven isn't the most welcoming of islands, but it makes for a nice half-day trip (take the 9:30 Rockland boat and return on...
Top 10 Acadia and Mount Desert Island
If you want to experience the best of Acadia National Park's largest section, you'll need a plan. This Top 10 Acadia and Mountain Desert...
