There's nothing quite like a small, historic town. For this location in Maine, that means excellent diners abound and plenty ...

For decades, I’ve spent at least a part of my summers on a lake in Western Maine. It’s an environment that I’ve come to love and cherish, from the early morning cries of a loon to the warm swimming ...

Your childhood treehouse dreams come to life at Hidden Pond, a woodsy getaway in Kennebunk, Maine, where you can revisit your youth by staying in one of their soon-to-be-finished “treetop” lodges.

For some, August is a month to relax. Taking a cue from the French, who take the whole entire month off, some Americans are lucky enough to carve out a week or two towards the end of the summer for ...

The Kennebec Land Trust’s Wakefield Wildlife Sanctuary is quiet this time of year — the 115 acres on Cobbossee Stream in West Gardiner don’t have any developed trails yet, or even a parking area. But ...

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There’s something deeply healing about hearing loons instead of alerts. You don’t need five-star resorts when you have starlit skies and cedar-scented mornings. This is the kind of unplugging that ...

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