• Shop
    Shop
    Browse ourMaine-Made Gifts and More
  • Adventures
    Adventures
    Browse ourWorkshops and Trips
Subscribe Here
Down East Magazine, June 2025
  • Travel & Outdoors
    • Our Towns
    • Land, Water & Wildlife
    • Down East Adventures
    • Browse Travel & Outdoors
  • Food & Drink
    • Restaurant Reviews
    • Recipes
    • Browse Food & Drink
  • Home & Garden
    • Maine-Made
    • Nominate Your Maine Home
    • Browse Home + Garden
  • Culture & History
    • Arts & Leisure
    • History
    • Issues & Politics
    • Maine Events
  • Magazine
    • Current & Back Issues
    • Subscribe
    • Gift a Subscription
    • Manage Subscription
    • Down East Merch
    • Sign up for Down East‘s Newsletters
  • Contests
    • 2025 Best of Maine Poll
    • The Great Maine Scavenger Hunt
    • 10th Annual Reader Photo Contest Winners

May 2022

Latest
  • Latest
  • Oldest
  • Random
  • A to Z
Jay Frontierro (left) and Gordon Collins cross the Riverlands 100 finish line in 2021
Features

The Strange Subculture of Maine’s Only 100-Mile Ultramarathon

The wildest thing about the Riverlands 100 isn’t the sleep deprivation or the epic blisters. It’s the folks the race brings together.
Eleanor Roosevelt on the road trip through the Northeast
History

What a Maine Road Trip Taught Eleanor Roosevelt

In 1933, on a surprisingly freewheeling ramble through the Northeast, the reluctant new First Lady crashed with potato farmers, packed a pistol, and realized what she could bring to the office.
Beach to Beacon; one of our 10 Maine Races to Run Before You Die
Travel & Outdoors

10 Maine Races to Run Before You Die

From 5Ks to 50Ks, these scenic destination races draw runners from around the world.
Maine-Made

The Maine Woodworker Who Wants You to Make Your Own Coffin

Chuck Lakin would like you to face mortality — and rest in comfort.
Where in Maine, May 2022
Photography

Can You Name This Wondrous Maine Wetland?

When spring migration is at its peak, some 20 species of warbler might be spotted here.
Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Paid Content

7 Things to Do During Your Visit to Nova Scotia

With the high-speed ferry from Bar Harbor, it’s never been easier to take a two-nation vacation.
Home + Garden

This Peaks Island Charmer Was Deemed a Teardown

A couple spent a year and a half meticulously rehabbing it instead.
Wood Island Life Saving Station
Our Towns

Kittery Residents Rescue Wood Island Life Saving Station

A by-the-numbers look at what’s gone into saving the decommissioned lifesaving station.
Scott Lermond wrestling with a fyke net at the mouth of the Goose River
Land, Water & Wildlife

Eeling and Dealing

How a voracious market for Maine elvers inspired one aquaculture entrepreneur to start an eel farm.
Big Jim in Prospect Harbor
Our Towns

What’s Next for Maine’s Iconic Big Jim?

The larger-than-life mascot has resolutely watched over the evolution of Maine’s fishing economy — and evolved with it.
Home + Garden

Animal Art (And a “Mustachioed” Cat) Enlivens Their Living Room

In their Brunswick home, Samaa Abdurraqib and Matt Fein cultivate art, inspiration, and a “zoo theme.”
Down East Magazine, May 20224
Issues

May 2022

French in Aroostook's St. John Valley, the only 100-mile ultramarathon in Maine, a region-by-region guide to an unforgettable summer in Vacationland, and more.
Load More

TRENDING ON DOWNEAST.COM

Down East Magazine June 2026 Where in Maine? clue

Can You Name This Maine Waterway?

Doughnuts from the Cookie Jar Pastry Shop.

Doughnuts in Maine: From Inception to Perfection

Longfellow Books, Portland, Maine

7 Independent Bookstores That Maine Authors Love

My Final Days on the Maine Coast

About Us

  • Contact Down East
  • About Down East
  • Jobs
  • Submissions
  • Nominate Your Maine Home
  • Sponsor Guidelines
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Customer Care

  • Subscribe Now
  • Give a Gift
  • Manage Subscription
  • Single Issues
  • Newsletters
  • Reprints & Plaques

More

  • Advertise with Us
  • Carry Down East in Your Shop
  • Down East Adventures
  • Down East Brand Studio
  • Down East Shop
  • Maine Events Calendar
  • Maine Retirement Directory
  • 207 Tix

Sign up for our extra Newsletter

Follow us

Copyright 2025 © Down East magazine

  • Travel & Outdoors
    • Our Towns
    • Land, Water & Wildlife
    • Down East Adventures
    • Browse Travel & Outdoors
  • Food & Drink
    • Restaurant Reviews
    • Recipes
    • Browse Food & Drink
  • Home & Garden
    • Maine-Made
    • Nominate Your Maine Home
    • Browse Home + Garden
  • Culture & History
    • Arts & Leisure
    • History
    • Issues & Politics
    • Maine Events
  • Magazine
    • Current & Back Issues
    • Subscribe
    • Gift a Subscription
    • Manage Subscription
    • Down East Merch
    • Sign up for Down East‘s Newsletters
  • Contests
    • 2025 Best of Maine Poll
    • The Great Maine Scavenger Hunt
    • 10th Annual Reader Photo Contest Winners
  • Advertise with Us
  • Manage my Subscription
  • Plaques & Reprints

Our Other Brands:

  • Down East Shop
  • Down East Adventures

Don’t Miss an Issue

Subscribe Here
Down East Magazine, June 2025
Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close
Portland Camden Bangor Rockland Bar Harbor
See all results