Maine’s International Dark Sky Sanctuary
Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is now an International Dark Sky Sanctuary. The Sanctuary designation, the second of its kind in the National...
Love Maine lobster? Enjoy it now and help Maine lobstermen
Love Maine lobster? According to a Maine lobsterman I just interviewed, due to coronavirus, the influx of Canadian lobsters (if you check the bands...
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...
Amtrak Downeaster Kids Ride Free flash sale
Here's a super deal for families, but hurry because this Amtrak Downeaster flash sale is very limited. For each adult ticket sold, one child...
Chill with Cirque du Soleil’s Crystal ice show
Crystal, Cirque du Soleil's first ice show, shimmers and shines. When you take one of the world's foremost athletic troupes and put it on...
This scenic Maine loop delivers crowd-free summer fun, autumn color
This especially scenic loop through the Maine Highlands and Aroostook County includes four Maine scenic byways and dips into local heritage and sights.
Shopping tip: Prospect Harbor Soaps
Whenever I'm on the Schoodic Peninsula, I pop into Prospect Harbor Soaps. I'm a fan of these locally made soaps, lotions and...
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
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.
Travel car free between Portland, Freeport, Brunswick, Maine
It's easy to travel car free between Portland, Freeport, and Brunswick, Maine, via the Amtrak Downeaster train and the Greater Portland Metro...
