EatSouthport General Store
A general store on Southport Island that has been the center of the community since 1882
TaleThe Sugar Beet Folly
A failed Ed Muskie-led attempt to create a sugar beet industry near Presque Isle that ultimately helped the Maine french fry business
PlaceMoxie Bottle House
A 33 foot tall promotional replica of a Moxie bottle that was converted to a house and lived in for 80 years
PlaceMackworth Island
An island you can drive to with quite a history and even a governor’s pet cemetery
EatJefferson Market & General Store
Great homemade food and a small market to boot
PlaceHussey’s General Store
The sign out front says “Guns, wedding gowns, cold beer”
EatISF Trading
Eat some fresh sashimi in an industrial cafeteria above a fish market – bring your own side dishes if you want
PlaceLanglais Art Preserve
A nature and sculpture park that celebrates the works of folk artist Bernard Langlais
EatJ & J Jamaican Grocery and Gift Shop
A Jamaican grocery and restaurant on the side of Route 1 in Waldoboro
PlaceThorncrag Bird Sanctuary
450 acres of birding heaven minutes outside downtown Lewiston
PlaceNequasset Fish Ladder
Helping alewives reach their spawning grounds since 1920
PlaceNailed It
A 15 foot tall public art piece in a rebuilding Lewiston neighborhood
EatWasses Hot Dogs
50+ years of grilling hot dogs in Rockland
EatPineland Farms Kitchen & Deli
A full deli inside a well-stocked market in the middle of the sprawling Pineland campus
TaleMolly Ockett: Last of the Pigwackets
A legendary Abenaki woman who traveled far and wide healing the sick and telling tales
PlaceThe Cosmopolitan Club
A women’s club that made its home in an historic Greek revival home in Bath
TaleThe Sinking of the USS Eagle 56
It took 56 years to learn the truth about a Navy ship that was sunk off Cape Elizabeth by a German U-Boat
TaleElmer McCurdy – The Embalmed Bandit
A drunk crook from Maine had a successful second life as a preserved corpse in a circus side show
TaleDon’t Yank the Crank
There was public outcry when the last crank telephone system was shut down in Bryant Pond in 1983
PlaceWorld’s Largest Telephone
A 14-foot tall replica commemorates the last town in America to give up crank phones
PlaceVesper Hill Children’s Chapel
A small post and beam open chapel overlooking the ocean
TaleThe First Naked Reality Star
Joseph Knowles disappeared naked into the woods and emerged 2 months later as a star in bearskins
TaleThere’s Gold in Them There Oceans
A Baptist minister and his devious friends perpetrated a perfect scam in Lubec claiming they could extract unlimited gold from seawater
EatRaymond’s Frozen Custard
On Route 302 in Casco, you’ll find a little red barn with some fantastic frozen custard
PlaceEartha
The world’s largest rotating and revolving globe just might make you dizzy
PlacePownalborough Courthouse
A young John Adams once argued cases at this pre-Revolutionary War courthouse on the banks of the Kennebec River
PlaceCathance Water Tower
A restored residential water tower in Topsham that looks straight out of Minecraft
EatFisherman’s Net
Vietnamese-owned restaurant hidden inside a typical Maine fried seafood joint
PlaceLakewood Theater
Enjoy dinner and a show at the oldest summer theater in the U.S.
EatMomo’s Cheesecake
An honor system cheesecake shop outside Ellsworth
EatErica’s Seafood
Small shack on the water that serves fresh seafood classics
EatEast Boothbay General Store
An upscale takeout deli in an old general store
TaleVinalhaven’s Granite Legacy
The little island that helped build the nation
PlacePenobscot Narrows Bridge
A cable-stayed bridge that spans the Penobscot River and is home to the tallest public bridge observatory in the world
EatRagged Coast Chocolates
A tiny shop/factory in Westbrook that makes some very fancy chocolates
EatOysthers
Sister-owned oyster bar on the water in Bath
EatPottle’s Restaurant & Pub
A comfortable pub in downtown Liberty that serves really good comfort food
EatIris Eats
A seasonal lunch spot next to the boat yard that serves some of the best sandwiches in Maine
PlaceSouth Solon Meeting House
The so-called “Sistine Chapel of Maine” sits at a quiet crossroads in the middle of Maine.
TaleElectric Tides
Franklin D. Roosevelt championed a bold project to dam the Bay of Fundy to generate power.
PlaceQuoddy Village
In 1935, a small village was built outside of Eastport as part of the infamous Quoddy Hydro project.
EatMaine-ly Smoked Salmon
Small family-run smokehouse WAY downeast
PlaceSabbathday Lake Shaker Village
Meet the last two living Shakers in the last active Shaker community in the world
PlaceKenneth E. Stoddard Shell Museum
Next to a mini golf course, you’ll find a covered bridge that holds a seashell museum built to honor a father
PlaceKatahdin Iron Works
A small town grew around the production of pig iron in the middle of the 100 Mile Wilderness
TaleThe Germans of Waldoboro
In the mid 1700’s, Germans were lured to Maine to settle Waldoboro and faced hardship, attacks, eviction, and even fought for the English in Cape Breton
PlaceOld German Meeting House & Cemetery
This 18th Century Lutheran church was the center of the immigrant German community in Waldoboro.
TaleA Fatal Afternoon Hike
On a September afternoon in 1855, a 23 year-old Kennebunk woman took an ill-advised hike to the top of Mount Washington.
PlaceWedding Cake House
The so-called “most photographed house in Maine”
TaleNorridgewock Massacre
A nighttime massacre of an Abenaki village opened the Kennebec for English settlement and created a martyr of a controversial French missionary
PlaceSkowhegan Indian
The “World’s Tallest Indian” overlooks downtown Skowhegan
PlaceThomas Hill Standpipe
A 1.75 million gallon Bangor water tower that inspired Stephen King’s “It”
PlaceCumston Hall
Stained glass windows, murals, and ornamental plaster highlight a very unique town hall.
PlaceTimber Point/Ewing House
A former summer estate on a rocky peninsula that became part of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
TaleRow, Row, Row Your Nazis
Two Nazis, flush with cash and diamonds, were dropped off by U-Boat on a remote Maine beach to begin a WWII spy mission
PlaceFort Baldwin
A former Army fortification at the tip of Phippsburg protected the mouth of the Kennebec during both World Wars
PlaceVaughan Woods & Historic Homestead
A lovely 200 acre property with a trail network surround the well-preserved 18th century home of one of the founding fathers of Hallowell.
PlaceGoddard Mansion
The shell of a lumber baron’s coastal mansion overlooks Fort Williams Park and Portland Head Light
TaleThe Ice King of Bath
Bath native C.W. Morse, was a ruthless businessman who built empires based on bribes, lies and fraud
TaleThe (Mis)adventures of the S.S. City of Rockland
The remarkably bad luck of a lovely steamship that traveled the Maine coast and rivers
PlaceSquirrel Point Light
This small lighthouse was part of a late 19th century navigation system created to safely guide ships along the tricky Kennebec River
PlacePowderhouse Hill Ski Area
$5 cash gets you pulled up the smallest ski area in Maine by an old truck engine
TaleLes Raquetteurs – The Snowshoe Clubs of Lewiston
Snowshoe clubs brought thousands of visitors to Lewiston every other year for rollicking international conventions
PlaceThe Public Theatre
Voted Maine’s best theatre, this Lewiston venue puts on plays in a former B-movie theatre that was Stephen King’s favorite Saturday spot
TaleFan Jones and her Sky Blue House of Pleasure
How Bangor mocked the Maine Prohibition laws and allowed saloons and brothels to thrive in “Hell’s Half Acre”
PlaceThe Tarratine Club
A restaurant and event space that was home to Bangor’s elite “millionaire’s club” for over 100 years
TalePlenty of Politicians from Paris Hill
How a small hilltop village in rural Oxford County produced so many politicians
PlaceHamlin Memorial Library and Museum
The former 1822 Oxford County jail was converted and reopened as the village public library in 1902
TaleCatholics and Diphtheria on the Androscoggin
Imported French Canadian workers grew Le Petit Canada in the shadow of a Brunswick mill
PlaceFort Andross/Cabot Mill
Built on the site of a colonial fort, this hulking former cotton mill is now the home to over a hundred different businesses.
PlaceWest Bath Radar Site
A huge cold war experimental radar site that had a unique second life
TaleMaine Civil Defense in the 1950s
How regular Mainers prepared for a possible Russian attack
TaleThe Pork and Beans War
Armed Aroostook lumberjacks, angry bears, the shores of Tripoli and Aaron Burr
PlaceKennebec Arsenal
A federal arsenal built after the War of 1812 to help defend against our Canadian neighbors and their British overlords
TaleIf You Build It, Will They Come?
Amusement Parks, Hotels, Resorts and Zoos and the Trolleys that Connected Them
PlaceCasco Castle
An outlandish castle-shaped resort in Freeport built by the Electric Railway King of Maine
TaleYachts and Airplanes for Me, Scurvy and Death for You
A short history of religious cultism in Maine told through the stories of three Baptist pastors
PlaceShiloh Temple
A sprawling rural church campus that was home to a controversial worldwide religious cult in the early 20th century
TaleLandscape Architecture, Mutton Broth & The Pulitzer Prize
The extravagances and fallout of the Gilded Age through Maine connections
PlaceBeech Nut
An early 20th century Norwegian stone hut built for family picnics provides panoramic views of Penobscot Bay.
