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Travel & Outdoors

5 of Acadia National Park’s Best High-Country Trails

Clinging to cliffs and traversing above tree line, Acadia at its most rugged.
Our Towns

Best Small-Town Downtowns: South Berwick

In Sarah Orne Jewett's old hood, some slick new hangouts and plenty of mom-and-pop appeal.
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Best Small-Town Downtowns: Norway

Western Maine's best downtown threads the needle between hip and homey.
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Best Small-Town Downtowns: Gardiner

Along the Kennebec River, the Water Street scene is vibrant and varied — and a comeback story.
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Can You Name This Maine Mapping Marvel?

Its eastern and western termini are about equidistant from this spot, in two towns synonymous with Maine’s wild-blueberry industry.
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Maine News You May Have Missed

Invasive European earthworms, mysterious black stains, award-winning handwriting, and more.
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The 30 Best Trails in Acadia National Park

From all across Maine’s diverse and dazzling national park, our favorite trails for every kind of adventurer.
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Best Small-Town Downtowns: Houlton

Century-old architecture, snack shops, and more in Aroostook County's quiet shire town.
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Night of Lobster

Seventy-five years ago, the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet and essayist Robert P. Tristram Coffin penned a timeless tribute to one of Maine’s simplest pleasures. Its influence would reverberate through contemporary food writing.
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Six Main Streets with moxie — and the businesses, buildings, and boosters that make them great.
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