Watch lobster boats unload their catches from The inn at the Wharf, in Lubec, Maine. Hilary Nangle photo.

Maine waterfront hotels on working wharves

At these three Maine waterfront hotels, you can fall asleep listening to the waves lap and awaken to lobster boats chugging out to sea....
one Sixty Five exterior facing Park Row and the town green

Checking In: One Sixty Five shines in downtown Brunswick

One Sixty Five, a boutique inn on Park Row in downtown Brunswick, Maine, rose from the ashes of the former Brunswick Inn. Of course,...
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Maine’s Vinalhaven Island: day trip or overnight

Vinalhaven island makes a wonderful day trip. It's also great way to escape a heat wave. Not only is the ferry ride a nice...

Top 10: Best of Rockland, Maine

  Wondering where to start when it comes to the finding the best of Rockland? Right here. Rockland rocks. Named a Distinctive Destination by the National...
This year's Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Festival celebrates working women on the waterfront.

Windjammer Days 2022 honors 16 Maine women on the waterfront

Boothbay Harbor — The 2022 Windjammer Days festival celebrates working women on the waterfront. Sixty years ago, Captain Marion Dash, the first female boat...
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,...
Nezinscot is a classic farm as table restaurant in Maine

These Maine farms serve farm-fresh meals and more

Farm-to-table is so yesterday; in Maine, you can enjoy farm-fresh meals right on the farm. These farm-based Maine restaurants, cafés, and pizza ovens serve...
enjoy fresh fried fish in Maine

Craving fried fish? These Maine seafood shacks do it right

Maine is renowned for its lobster shacks, but its fried seafood shacks are equally tasty finds. At these 10 coastal Maine seafood shacks—a mix...
Visit lighthouses along Maine's coast on Maine Open Lighthouse Day. Hilary Nangle photo.

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...
the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge from Lubec makes visiting Canada from Maine easy

Visiting Canada from Maine: What to know

NOTE: Canada no longer requires full vaccination or use of ArriveCAN (that said, using the app may speed your way through a border crossing).  Visiting...