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July 2020

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Phuc Tran of Portland’s Tsunami Tattoo10
Arts & Leisure

Do You Even Love Maine If You Don’t Have a Maine-y Tattoo?

Four questions for author and tattoo artist Phuc Tran about the most conspicuous manifestations of Maine pride.
Dean Bugaj, Neowise and auroras at Grafton Notch
Photography

Ben’s Picks: 30+ WOW Photos of Comet NEOWISE

From photographers across the state, 34 spectacular shots of our recent celestial visitor.
Maine's Oddball Museums
Travel & Outdoors

7 Oddball Maine Museums You Need to Visit

If Mainers didn’t curate this stuff, who would?
Phone Mart is a helpful radio segment in Franklin County Maine
Our Towns

In Praise of Phone Mart

In a small Maine town, the call-in radio swap-show is a way of knowing your neighbors.
Sam Hayward
Food & Drink

The Sam Hayward Ripple Effect

Nearly 25 years since opening Portland's Fore Street, "he's almost like the patron saint of the Maine food scene."
Piscataqua River Bridge
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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.
William King House, Stonehouse Farm, Bath, Maine
Our Towns

William King’s Favorite Maine Place

Maine’s first governor's favorite place is this Gothic Revival lodge in Bath.
all the edible parts of a lobster
Food & Drink

The Edible Parts of a Lobster, Ranked

From yeah! to meh: An opinionated guide to bug bites.
Maine Lobsterboat Races
Our Towns

There is Nothing Like a Lobsterboat Race

Reason #121 in our "200 Reasons to Love Maine" special bicentennial issue.
Maine's Bald Mountains, Camden, Maine
Travel & Outdoors

Every “Bald Mountain” in Maine: A Concise Guide

Reasons #54–70 in our "200 Reasons to Love Maine" special bicentennial issue.
Baked Beans
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How to Make Bean-Hole Beans

Prepare the 19th-century lumber-camp staple like a pro.
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What Mainers Talk About When They Talk About “Going Up To Camp”

On the anatomy of a phrase and the history baked into it.
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