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Fort William Henry
One of the highlights of our visit to Colonial Pemaquid in New Harbor, Maine, was exploring Fort William Henry. Looking across the harbor today, it is difficult to imagine that this peaceful stretch of coastline was once one of the most fiercely contested places in North America. Yet for much of the seventeenth century, this […]
Poland Spring Resort
I made my way to Poland Spring to spend the night, and in many ways it felt like stepping back in time. This was not a modern luxury hotel experience. The room was plain, the towels were thin, and there was a small bar of soap waiting in the bathroom. The accommodations were simple and […]
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
One of the pleasures of traveling is discovering places you never expected to visit. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was one of those discoveries. As we made our way home from the Canadian Maritime Provinces, we learned about this historic lighthouse on the coast of Maine and decided to make a short detour. It turned out to […]
Paul Bunyan
While staying overnight in Bangor, Marty and I headed out to dinner and found something that was nearly impossible to miss: a gigantic lumberjack standing beside the road. At 31 feet tall, Bangor’s Paul Bunyan certainly gets your attention. Once I stopped to look more closely, I discovered that the statue tells a much larger […]
The Giant Lobster at Pemaquid Point
While visiting Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, I expected to learn about shipwrecks, lighthouse keepers, and Maine’s rocky coast. I didn’t expect one of the exhibits that would capture my attention most to be a giant lobster. Displayed inside the Fishermen’s Museum at Pemaquid Point is a mounted lobster weighing twenty-eight pounds. It was caught off the […]
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
By far one of my favorite places to visit in Maine is the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Over the years, I have visited many places associated with the Shakers, but this community is unlike any other. It is home to the last active Shaker community in the world. Today, only three Shakers continue the religious […]
Goldenrod
Every year, I travel to York Maine, to revisit many of the usual sites. One of these places is The Goldenrod, a place that feels as timeless as the tides rolling onto Short Sands Beach. No trip to York is complete without stepping inside this landmark, where the air is sweet with the scent of […]
