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Lubec's last sardine-processing plant found new life as The Inn at the Wharf. The Inn on the Wharf, in Lubec, is sited in a former sardine processing plant. ©Hilary Nangle

Checking-In: Lubec’s Inn on the Wharf delivers authentic taste of Maine’s seafaring heritage

If The Inn on the Wharf, in Lubec were any closer to the shoreline, I could cast a fishing line out my window. Instead,...

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...
View taking in the pool, staggered cottages, and Penobscot Bay taken from above the lower pool at Glenmoor by the Sea.video

Checking In: Glenmoor by the Sea oceanfront cottage

Each of the 19 cottages and 12 rooms at Glenmoor by the Sea offers ocean views. Amenities at the 12-acre, dog-friendly property in Lincolnville, Maine, include two pools, access to a rocky beach, a generous continental breakfast, a workout room, and two playgrounds.
Waldo Emerson Inn, kennebunk maine

Checking in: Kennebunk’s Waldo Emerson Inn

Kennebunk's dog-friendly Waldo Emerson Inn was built by Waldo Emerson, great uncle of poet/essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 1754. The new wing was added in 1784. The inn, located next to the famed Wedding Cake House, blends historical detail with contemporary furnishings.
The outdoor pool at The Colony Resort

Maine’s best outdoor pools with ocean views

Enjoy Maine's best outdoor swimming pool views by planning a getaway at one or more of these inns, hotels, and resorts salting Maine's coast from Ogunquit through Mount Desert Island.
Purposefully Lost treehouse, hot tub and outdoor fire pit, kitchen detail showing retro microwave

Checking In: Purposely Lost Treehouse in Springvale

I spent two nights closer to heaven in Purposely Lost's Cliff House treehouse, one of three treehouse vacation rentals sited on forested property edging Littlefield Pond in Springvale.
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Checking In: Pilgrim’s Inn on Deer Isle

Slip away to the Pilgrim’s Inn on Deer Isle, a two-acre waterfront property with a handsome, 12-room country inn and three dog-friendly cottages with kitchenettes
The yellow clapboard Holbrook House in Bar Harbor as seen from the sidewalk across the street.

Checking In: Holbrook House in Bar Harbor

Here's what it's like to stay at the Holbrook House in Bar Harbor. This intown B&B makes it easy to explore the town and sections of the park without a car.
dog relaxes on chaise lounge next to a swimming pool

Dog-friendly Inn by the Sea pampers pups & people

https://www.facebook.com/132513573448735/videos/1535843809950563 The über dog-friendly Inn by the Sea makes it easy to travel with your pooch. This luxury inn edging Crescent Beach State Park in...
Inn on the Harbor, Stonington, Mainevideo

Checking In: Inn on the Harbor, Stonington

The Inn on the Harbor earns its name. The Stonington property hugs a thin strip of land between the road and the water, and its huge deck hangs over the harbor. Comfy guestrooms and a 2-bedroom apartment fill a handful of cheek-by-jowl downtown buildings.
Threre Pines B&B fronts on the ocean in Hancock.

Checking in: Three Pines B&B, on the water, off the grid in Acadia region

Innkeeper Karen Curtis don't just talk green talk, she walks the green walk and shares it with guests at the Three Pines B&B. Karen and her husband, Ed, created this peaceful, off-the-grid, organic oasis on the eastern shore of Hancock, in Maine's Acadia region.
Pergola at Aragostavideo

Checking In: Aragosta, Deer Isle, Maine

Oceanfront Aragosta, Deer Isle, welcomes guests to private, comfy cottages salting spruce woodlands and a nationally acclaimed restaurant.

Checking in: Ease into Maine’s great outdoors at Sky Lodge

Envision a handsome yet rustic (in the L. L. Bean style) sporting lodge crafted with timbers and stone. Step inside to the baronial Great...
Scenes from Bluff Housee Inn

New owners reviving Bluff House Inn on the Schoodic Peninsula

The Bluff House, a lodge-style inn and cabins on Maine's Schoodic Peninsula, overlooks Frenchman Bay. ©Hilary Nangle
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Aboard the Floating Nomad houseboat now anchored on Bremen’s Pemaquid Pond

What it's like to stay aboard the Floating Nomad houseboat, which moved, with its sister Roam houseboat in 2021 to Pemaquid Pond in Bremen, Maine.