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The Farnsworth Art Museum
My family has spent a great deal of time exploring Maine over the years. While its rocky coastline is what first draws many visitors, we have found ourselves equally fascinated by its small towns, quiet harbors, historic villages, and the stories that give the state its unique character. On more than one occasion, our travels […]
Fort Knox State Historic Site
Some historic forts are remembered because great battles were fought within their walls. Fort Knox, overlooking the Penobscot River in Prospect, Maine, is remembered for something quite different. It stands today as one of the finest preserved granite coastal fortifications in the United States precisely because the attack it was built to repel never came. […]
Colonial Pemaquid
On our drive home from Halifax, Marty and I were looking for somewhere in Maine that we had not already explored. Maine has always been one of our favorite places, and over the years we have visited many of its better-known historic sites. Colonial Pemaquid was one place we had somehow missed. Here was a […]
