History
Josiah Shackford
Josiah Shackford, a native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, may well have been the first known person to sail solo across the Atlantic. He did this in 1787.
Maine’s Early Beginnings as an Art Mecca
Maine’s role as an art mecca dates back to early art summer camps.
Museum Tells the Story of Western Maine
Rangeley’s Outdoor Heritage Museum: Preserving Western Maine’s Sporting History.
A Special Sloop Designed to Carry Heavy Granite
Carrying heavy Maine granite to far-off ports required a special type of sloop.
Granite Piers Hark Back to the Age of Ice
A tangle of woods in Brooksville was once home to a major business: the Maine Lake Ice Company, that shipped ice all over the world
A Bar Harbor “Cottage”
A 1930's summer mansion with a secret
A Sea Captain and the House He Built
From Kittery to Calais, Maine’s coastal towns and cities are graced with 19th-century homes built by the state’s prosperous shipbuilders, vessel owners, and sea captains. In Brunswick, one of the most notable is the Captain George W. McManus House of 1858.
Clara Martin and the Earliest Guide for Mount Desert Island Tourists
One of the earliest guidebooks to Mount Desert was written by a woman, Clara Barnes Martin.
Fly Reel Makers of Maine
Maine’s storied history of fishing tackle includes men who designed and built early salmon reels.
McCurdy Smokehouse
The McCurdy smokehouse Museum tells the story of Lubec’s fishy past.
