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Twenty-five of our favorite camping spots, where to dine al fresco, the roots of Baxter State Park, and more.
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The Most Stunning Maine Landscape Photos from Our Special Bicentennial Issue

Some of the Pine Tree State's most memorable vistas, from Cadillac to Katahdin to that first glimpse of the Piscataqua River Bridge.
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July 2020

A loving tribute to the sites and sights, the moments and memories, the tastes and smells, the people and peculiarities of the Pine Tree State. Happy 200th birthday, Maine.
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5 Favorite Maine Kids Books

Bookseller Ellen Richmond, of Waterville’s Children’s Book Cellar, on the young people’s books she cherishes.
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5 Irresistible Maine Mysteries

The best suspense, crime, and detective reads with Maine at their heart, according to Paula Keeney and Ann Whetstone of Kennebunk’s Mainely Murders bookstore.
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100 Books Every Lover of Maine Should Read

Novels to memoirs, kids' books to cookbooks.
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Can You Name This Maritime Landmark?

This month's Where in Maine is one of the area’s best places to consistently spot harbor seals.
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There’s never been a better summer to spend outside — or to get to know your own backyard. We teamed up with our friends at Outside magazine to bring you the very best of a New England summer spent outdoors.
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Our 12 Favorite Maine Swimming Holes

Our 12 favorite Maine swimming holes are little heralded and sparsely visited, sylvan spots along quiet trails where locals gather when the mercury rises.
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The Margaret Wise Brown Pen Name Quiz!

The prolific children’s author had a thing for pen names. Which of these belonged to her?
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5 Essential Contemporary Maine Books

The best of the last decade, as selected by Emily Russo and Josh Christie, of Portland’s Print: A Bookstore.
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5 Superb Maine Poetry Collections

Maine’s most important writers of verse, as selected by Gary Lawless, poet and co-owner of Brunswick’s Gulf of Maine Books.
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