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Brian Kevin is a former Down East editor. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Audubon, Travel + Leisure, and other publications. He’s the author of The Footloose American: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail Across South America, which won the Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction. He lives in Hope.
Falls Bridge in Blue Hill, Maine, Kate Stookey's favorite place
Our Towns

Kate Stookey’s Favorite Maine Place

The Maine Coast Heritage Trust president and CEO has fond memories of jumping off Blue Hill's Falls Bridge.
Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes, who runs Madawaska’s Poland Spring Seppala Kennels, and his sled dogs
Land, Water & Wildlife

Honoring Togo’s Legacy, a Maine Musher Sets His Sights on the Iditarod

After a wild year, Aroostook musher Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes, champion of a canine hero and a Maine heritage breed, looks ahead to another ambitious challenge.
Portland Head Light
Our Towns

Nicolás Alberto Dosman’s Favorite Maine Place

University of Southern Maine's director of choral studies on Portland Head Light.
Self-portrait of Kosti Ruohomaa in a diving mask
Photography

No One Photographed Maine Like Kosti Ruohomaa

The mid-century magazine photographer loved to turn his lens on his home state's out-of-the-way places and salt-of-the-earth people.
MDI has lost its share of grande dames over the years — perhaps none more elegant or storied than these three.
Home + Garden

Remembering Mount Desert Island’s Storied Estates

Sooner or later, even the stateliest mansions must face the wrecking ball.
The recently muralized Gem Theater, in Bethel Maine
Travel & Outdoors

Fryeburg and Bethel Are Notch Your Average Towns

Get to know Maine’s funky White Mountains gateway communities.
Blizzard of 1952
Arts & Leisure

Need We Say Nor? One Author’s Case Against “Nor’easter”

Recalling a mid-century storm for the ages, Cathie Pelletier's plea: don’t drop that digraph.
Boundary Peak
Travel & Outdoors

Boundary Peak, the Maine–Quebec High Point, Is a Stunner of a Hike

Want to walk the line? Plan a trek to the border’s highest point this side of Montana.
charred corn and tomato salad
Food & Drink

Camden’s wolfpeach Restaurant is Unorthodox — and Unmissable

Simplicity is the mantra at this hyper-local (and gratuity-free) fine-dining spot.
Postcards of the Old Gaol, the Emerson-Wilcox House, and Jefferds Tavern at the Old York Historical Society
History

There’s Plenty That’s New in Old York

Although one Old York Historical Society property currently has a gaping hole in it, there’s never been a better time to visit.
Brickett Place, White Mountain National Forest’s oldest preserved structure.
History

Brickett? I Hardly Know It

Now you will, thanks to our helpful timeline of Brickett Place, the White Mountain National Forest’s oldest preserved structure.
the George Brook Flowage, near Indian Township, or Motahkomikuk
Our Towns

Noël Bonam’s Favorite Maine Place

The AARP Maine state director on the George Brook Flowage.
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