History
Toppingwold
A historic summer cottage with a lighthouse-inspired tower
Edward Robinson’s Pictorial Legacy
Early photographs of Monhegan capture a vanishing way of life.
Fast and Lovely
Members of an early yacht racing club on Mount Desert brought some of the most beautiful one-designs ever built to Maine waters.
Maine’s Proud History of Building Boats
Mainers have built thousands of boats and ships in the last 200 years. Four are the state’s signature types, wherever they are found: the canoe, the peapod, Friendship sloops, and lobsterboats.
Bowdoin turns 100
A century after it was built to explore remote Arctic regions, the schooner Bowdoin still sails northward, although now the passengers are mostly students.
Every Boat Has a Story
The stories behind two classic boats that once called Moosehead Lake home.
George Hathaway
Portland’s prolific marine artist, George Hathaway, got his start painting furniture.
Lindbergh’s Unexpected Visit to South Pond
Charles Lindberg's 1933 landing on South Pond in Warren, Maine.
From Farmhouse to Summer Retreat
Blue Hill's Curtis house and F.L. Olmstead
Governor Baxter and the Making of a Historian
Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth explains how early encounters with Gov. Percival Baxter inspired his career.
