The Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine, is one of the oldest collegiate art museums in the United States, with its origins dating back to 1811 when James Bowdoin III donated his collection of European paintings and Old Master drawings.
Bass Harbor Head Light Station, built in 1858 on Mount Desert Island at the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Harbor, is a historic lighthouse constructed to aid mariners navigating the dangerous reefs and waters of the area.
Marginal Way in Ogunquit, Maine, is a scenic 1.25-mile paved walking path that follows the rocky coastline from Shore Road near the Sparhawk Resort to Perkins Cove.
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, located in Quoddy Head State Park in Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost lighthouse in the contiguous United States, built originally in 1808 under orders from President Thomas Jefferson.
The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum in Portland, Maine, preserves and operates a unique 2-foot narrow gauge railway that once served remote areas of the state from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.
Reid State Park spans 770 acres on Georgetown Island in Sagadahoc County, Maine, renowned for its expansive sandy beaches like Mile Beach and Half Mile Beach—rare coastal features in the state—along with towering sand dunes, rocky tidepools, salt marshes, and a protected tidal lagoon.
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, founded in 1948 by Lucy Copeland Farnsworth, is dedicated to American art with a special emphasis on artists connected to Maine.
New England Distilling Co. in Portland, Maine, is a family-owned craft distillery rooted in a rich history dating back to the 1850s with the Sherwood Rye Whiskey distillery in Maryland.
Willard Beach in South Portland, Maine, is a small, four-acre sandy and pebble beach situated between Fisherman's Point and the Southern Maine Community College campus along Simonton Cove.
Lake St. George State Park covers 358 acres on the northwest shore of the spring-fed, 1,017-acre Lake St. George in Liberty, Waldo County, Maine, located 16 miles west of Belfast and 25 miles east of Augusta along Route 3.
Warren Island State Park covers 70 acres in Penobscot Bay near Islesboro and Lincolnville, Waldo County, Maine, acquired by the state in 1959 as its first park designed exclusively for boating enthusiasts.
Mount Desert Island is the largest island off the coast of Maine and the sixth-largest in the contiguous United States, covering about 108 square miles with a length of 24 miles and a width of 13 miles.
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park spans 244 acres on a peninsula between Casco Bay and the Harraseeket River in Freeport, Maine, featuring white pine and hemlock forests, salt marshes, rocky shorelines, and osprey nesting areas on nearby Googins Island.
Quoddy Head State Park spans 541 acres on the easternmost point of the continental U.S. in Lubec, Maine, near the Canadian border, featuring dramatic black cliffs, lush forests, two bogs, and rare plants amid the Quoddy Channel.
