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Monhegan Island
Maine at Its Most Essential -
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Homeward Bound
How Southern Dogs Are Brought to Maine By the Thousands -
Every Lobster Must Get Stoned
On the Maine tourist trail, Charlotte Gill is sparking conversation about lobsters and pain. -
Where in Maine?
Can you name this landmark and the town where it's found? -
Down East Shop
The perfect gifts for the lovers of Maine in your life. -
Down East Adventures
It's time for a ME vacation. Join us on a custom Maine trip. -
Travel Maine
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Maine Homes
Real estate, architecture & design, expert advice, and more.
Gift from the Sea
For 20 years, Sea Bags has recycled sails to make one-of-a-kind totes and accessories, preserving sailors’ memories and keeping material out of landfills. As the company’s reach grows, its positive impact is adding up.
Yvon Chouinard’s Favorite Place
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard on his company’s role in undamming the Kennebec River.
Monhegan Museum Tour & Book Giveaway
This summer the Monhegan Museum will celebrate the art and life of Maud Briggs Knowlton, one of the first women to direct a major American art museum and one of the few women to paint on Monhegan in the late 1890s. Enter for a chance to win two tickets to the exhibition and a catalogue of the exhibition.
Wild Idea
A Maine blueberry grower walks into a bar.
Premium Channels, Minibar, In-Room Poetry
Accommodations with a new, literary amenity.
Our Favorite Letter
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from June’s photo of Boot Head Preserve.
Stunning Maine Photography
Our photographer Benjamin Williamson highlights some of his favorite shots from around the state.
Things to Do in Maine
Visit our calendar to find the best things to do, places to see, and events to attend in Maine.
Studio 412 & fourTWELVE
Beth Bowley, a Maine native, opened fourTWELVE in Rockland after more than two decades in New York. Now she designs and manufactures her own clothing line.
Maine Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
Campus Couture
Scouting the state for wicked individual fashion, we found student Camden Hunt at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor.
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