Visit Maine: A Maine travel guide by region of the state.

Lunder collection inks Waterville on Maine’s art map

Where to go Hilary Nangle - March 26, 2013

Colby College Museum of Art's new Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion is a game changer for Waterville. With the addition of this new wing, set to...

Harlequin romance: great opportunity for birders

Where to go Hilary Nangle - February 23, 2013

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Ready to romance a harlequin? Here's a wonderful and rare opportunity to spy threatened harlequin ducks in Maine. On Saturday, March 30, Bob and...

Maine Restaurant Week's guide to how to choose where to dine with your valentine.

Where to dine on Valentine’s Day in Portland

Where to go Hilary Nangle - February 2, 2013

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I love this flow chart, created by the good folks at Maine Restaurant Week, detailing suggestions for where to dine with your loved one...

Portland to Boston: Bus or train?

Greater Portland Hilary Nangle - January 31, 2013

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Debating the best way to travel between Boston and Maine? The best options are the Concord Coachlines bus service or the Amtrak Downeaster train...

Savoring art, antiques, and the art of breakfast at Portland’s Pomegranate Inn

Where to go Hilary Nangle - January 21, 2013

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NOTE: As of January, 2025, The Pomegranate Inn is part of the West End Inn. It's currently under renovation. Updated June 19, 2025 Every morning,...

Park your self-contained RV in Winter Harbor and explore the Schoodic Peninsula or hop the ferry to Bar Harbor. Courtesy photo.

This just in: New RV campground opening in Winter Harbor

Where to go Hilary Nangle - January 20, 2013

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Acadia's Schoodic region is getting a new RV campground. Roger and Pearl Barto, who operate the Main Stay Cottages in Winter Harbor, have added...

Nibbles & Bites: Sunfire Mexican Grill, in Rockland, Maine

Where to go Hilary Nangle - December 4, 2012

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I've always enjoyed Sunfire Mexican Grill, but with so many restaurants in the area, I don't get to go often. After a few years...

Musical notes from around Maine: Strand concert series and PSO’s new season

Where to go Hilary Nangle - September 30, 2012

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Here are some upcoming concerts and musical events in Maine worth your attention. Suzanne Vega and Arlo Guthrie Headline the Strand Fall Concert Series Check out...

Tool geeks have a happy place at Liberty Tool, in Liberty, Maine. hilary Nangle photo

Tool geeks, fixer-uppers, and artisans, meet your happy place: Liberty Tool

Where to go Hilary Nangle - August 31, 2012

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If it weren’t for Skip Brack, it’s likely the rural town of Liberty, Maine, a dip off Route 3 just inland from coastal Belfast,...

The Camden Windjammer Festival over Labor Day Weekend celebrates Maine's maritime heritage. Sheila Grant photo.

Schooner Mary Day celebrates 50 years at 2012 Camden Windjammer Festival

Where to go Hilary Nangle - August 30, 2012

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More than 20 schooners and other sailing vessels are expected to arrive in Camden this weekend (Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2012) for the Camden Windjammer...

Don't miss the Kotzschamar Centennial Festival, Aug. 17-22, 2012; next chance to hear the organ will be in 2014.

Tour Portland’s Kotzschmar organ

Where to go Hilary Nangle - August 13, 2012

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The Kotzaschmar Organ, the first municipal organ in the country to be designated a municipal organ and one of only two still in existence...

Sunsets over Corea's boat-filled harbor can be magical. Hilary Nangle photo.

3 reasons to visit sleepy Corea, a village near Acadia National Park’s Schoodic section

Where to go Hilary Nangle - August 8, 2012

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Whenever I visit Maine's Schoodic Peninsula, home to the only mainland section of Acadia National Park, I also detour out to Corea, a lobstering...

For a taste of the real, ungussied-up Maine, loop down to Jonesport and spend a day or two immersed in a real lobstering village. hilary Nangle photo.

Jonesport, Maine: an authentic, ungentrified lobstering village on the down east coast

Where to go Hilary Nangle - August 4, 2012

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Jonesport, Maine, is a bona fide, way-way down east Maine lobstering village with a salty disposition and a stunning location. Not many tourists, other...