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Maine’s towering role in American art owes, in part, to enclaves of artists gathering in out-of-the-way places. With the days of the rusticators long gone, how is the tradition holding up?

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The Maine coast's best invite-only speakeasy, a closer look at the state's oldest and most enigmatic rock, "counting the invisible" on Great Duck Island, and more.

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The perfect gifts for Maine-loving gourmands.

Food & Drink

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The perfect gifts for Maine-loving gourmands.

Travel & Outdoors

Illustrated map of Maine, by Stellar_Bones
We reached out to four smart Mainers whose professional lives revolve around new arrivals, and we asked them: what have you learned that every prospective Mainer needs to hear?

See Maine with Down East!

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See Maine with Down East!

Join us on a unique and authentic Maine adventure.

Photograph Maine with Down East!

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Photography

Photograph Maine with Down East!

Join our photographers for exclusive workshops.

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Browse beautiful handmade gods from Maine makers.

Arts & Leisure

John Jenkins, speaking to students in Oxford County, in 2014.
A new biography chronicles John Jenkins’s journey from a magnetic young student and fish out of water to one of Maine’s most popular mayors and its first Black state senator.

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Browse beautiful handmade goods from Maine makers.

Home & Garden

MAINE CAMPS

26 RELAXED RETREATS

A-FRAMES STAGE A COMEBACK!

ZERO SETUP CAMPING?

PLUS, CLEVER DIY IDEAS

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