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The 100 Books Every Lover of Maine Should Read
Maine’s literary heritage runs as deep as its coastal waters, as broad as its sweeping woodlands. From the narrative histories of the Wabanaki to the dialect stories of Sarah Orne Jewett, from the...
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5 Superb Maine Poetry Collections
Edna St. Vincent Millay Lawless’s favorite Millay poem is 1934’s “Conscientious Objector,” because it reflects her often-overlooked social activism. “It’s very political, and it never goes out of...
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Why We Love Miss Rumphius Now More Than Ever
By Virginia M. Wright What we remember are the lupines, but if Miss Rumphius were just a sweet origin story about the blue, pink, and purple blooms blanketing Maine roadsides in spring, we probably...
View ArticleVote in the final round of our 2020 Best of Maine!
If you are not automatically directed to the survey, please follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9Z3VVZ3 The post Vote in the final round of our 2020 Best of Maine! appeared first on Down...
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John Gould’s Beloved Golden Road is Still a “Wilderness Pleasure”
By Brian Kevin | Photographed by Lone Spruce Creative No other book on our list of “100 Maine Books Every Lover of Maine Should Read” inspires fanboys quite like Thoreau’s The Maine Woods, and many...
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How Elizabeth Arden Lured Urban One-Percenters to the Maine Woods
By Susan GeibFrom our June 2020 issue Around 1907, an enterprising Ontario farm girl named Florence Nightingale Graham landed in New York City and found work in a shop offering skin creams and...
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Rachel Carson Slept Here!
By Jennifer Van Allen Photo by Benjamin Williamson Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Brunswick Between 1850 and 1852, Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin while raising six kids in this Colonial-style house near...
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5 Essential Contemporary Maine Books
One Goal | by Amy Bass The true story of the 2015 championship season of Lewiston High’s soccer team, made up predominantly of East African immigrant students. Russo and Christie call it “a gripping...
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5 Irresistible Maine Mysteries
For regulars at the all-mysteries bookshop that Keeney and Whetstone run out of their carriage house, the series is the thing: continuing adventures of charismatic sleuths stretched out across...
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The Margaret Wise Brown Pen Name Quiz!
All of these pen names belong to Maine authors. Only four belonged to Margaret Wise Brown, who spent her summers on Vinalhaven and wrote hundreds of books and stories before she died in 1952, at just...
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5 Favorite Maine Kids Books
Charlotte’s Web | by E. B. White “A classic in any sense of the word,” Richmond says. “It’s a book about love, friendship, generosity, and the belief that life goes on — perfect for this particular...
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The Complete Guide to anOutdoor New England Summer
Advertisement 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...
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The Insider’s Guide to the Katahdin Region
By Brian Kevin Even if you’ve never set foot in New England, you probably know Katahdin by its reputation: Maine’s highest peak, the storied terminus of the Appalachian Trail, the spot where Thoreau...
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The Definitive Maine Coast Lobster Roll Road Trip
By Virginia M. Wright Put down the cracker and bib — in the last few decades, the lobster roll has usurped the old-school shore dinner as Maine’s big prize for traveling gourmands. Half the appeal is...
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Our 12 Favorite Maine Swimming Holes
Above photo by Heather Perry. From our August 2016 issue. You won’t find them in a tourism pamphlet, and no smartphone app will lead you there: Our 12 favorite Maine swimming holes are little heralded...
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Special Issue 200 Reasons to Love Maine 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...
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Shop Spotlight: Nautical Charts and Vintage Maps Are the New Gold
By Brielle Hardy From splashy beaded necklaces to custom cuff bracelets made from vintage maps, Bristol maker Mira Coleman makes jewelry and baubles as versatile as they are, well, whimsical — it’s...
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Adaptationland: Maine’s Best and Worst Book-to-Film Projects
Fantastic / Fabricated © Columbia Pictures | courtesy Everett Collection Stand By Me (1986) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994): Stone-cold classics, based on novellas from Stephen King’s Different...
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This Is How You Make a Lobster Roll at Home
By Will Grunewald Now is normally the start of lobster season, but in light of the COVID-19 shutdown, there’s no saying when the shacks that dot the Maine coast will get back to business as usual....
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Where (and How) to Spot a Moose (Responsibly)
By Megan Michelson Certainly, you want to see a moose. They’re the tallest mammals in North America, totemic of New England, and magnificent to behold. But tracking one down isn’t easy. Even though...
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