The Brunswick Hotel: What it’s like to stay & eat at this renewed inn
The Brunswick Hotel reopened in May, 2025, after a multi-million-dollar refurbishment. I visited this boutique property in downtown Brunswick, Maine, just after it had...
Maine’s Best Lobster Shacks: Maine Travel Maven shares her favorites
Maine's best lobster shacks, according to the Maine Travel Maven, who shares her favorite Maine lobster shacks, from Kittery to Eastport.
Slurp, shuck, and sip at Maine Oyster Festival
The Maine Oyster Festival returns June 27-29, 2025, to downtown Freeport. If you love oysters, you’ll want to be there. Even better: Attendance is...
Maine’s best ice cream: Here’s where to find fresh, Maine-made ice cream statewide
Summer means ice cream, and if you're looking for Maine's best ice cream, gelato, or custard, I've done the research for you. Here's the scoop on where to find Maine's best homemade ice cream, from Kittery to The County.
Maine’s best food festivals & events
Hungry for a taste of the real Maine? Feast upon this tasting portion of some of Maine's best food festivals and events. (Updated July...
Maine’s unique Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory
The tri-level, glass-walled Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory caps the 447-foot-high west tower, delivering jaw-dropping views over Penobscot Bay, the Camden Hills, Mount Desert Island,...
Light up your life: Visit a Maine lighthouse this summer
The romanticism of lighthouse life has motivated many a traveler to seek out a Maine lighthouse or two, and there are numerous ways to...
Sugarloaf’s West Mountain expansion
You can go home again. At least, my return to Sugarloaf Mountain Resort felt that way. I've been a Sugarloafer since, well, let's just...
Why attend the Free Freeport Fall Festival
Whether you're looking to entertain the kids or to finish (start?) your holiday shopping, the free family-oriented fun Freeport Fall Festival is the answer....
Checking-in: Dunes on the Waterfront, Ogunquit
Ogunquit's dreamy Dunes on the Waterfront could be a Hollywood set. White picket fences set off the adorable one- to three-bedroom white clapboard cottages...















