Our 15th annual roundup of Maine’s best everything: art galleries to architects, beers to boutiques, golf courses to gift shops. How did your favorites do?
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The little knoll, just 643 feet tall, is named for a family that settled on it before the Civil War.
Read Lew Dietz’s remarkable tribute to photographer Kosti Ruohomaa, published in the October 1969 issue of Down East.
Monkey sightings in Portland, a fire at Prospect Harbor Light, and more.
It’s a markedly quiet counterpoint to a more famous island six miles away, where millions of visitors flock every year.
A Maine high-schooler wins big at an international science fair, Senator Susan Collins sells her Bangor home, and more.
Maine lobster roll lovers have spoken, and these three winners of the 2022 Down East Lobster Roll Competition are the best in the state.
Maine through the lens of mid-century photographer Kosti Ruohomaa, the winners of our 2022 Best of Maine Readers' Choice Poll, and more.
New Hampshire might claim the biggest piece, but Maine’s slice of the White Mountain National Forest has a grandeur all its own.
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from June’s photo.
The quiet grandeur of Maine's White Mountains, an iconic Skowhegan ice-cream stand celebrates 70 years in business, a profile on Maine CDC director Dr. Nirav Shah, and more.
We’ve rounded up some of our favorite antiques stores, vintage shops, flea markets, and more.