Searsport and Islesboro ME: Ship Captain Central
WHY GO: In Searsport ME and on the island of Islesboro, it’s all about ship’s Captains and Islanders – a Mid-Coast Maine that’s far from the maddening ... Read more.
Brunswick, Bath and Phippsburg Peninsula ME
WHY GO: Maine was a shipbuilding powerhouse, and still is, which is why the phenomenal Maine Maritime Museum is located in Bath on the Phippsburg Peninsula. Bat... Read more.
Sebasco Harbor Resort, Phippsburg ME
This Maine family resort is the last of a vanishing breed. So many of these “family resorts” on the Maine Coast have floundered or faded, but not Sebasco Ha... Read more.
Freeport Maine: Shop Till You Drop
WHY GO: For off-price shoppers, or shoppers of any kind, Freeport Maine is a glorious place. Of course, Big Daddy, L.L. Bean, led the charge here, making way fo... Read more.
Greater Kennebunk ME: Best Offbeat Attractions
WHY GO: These Kennebunk, Wells, and Saco ME attractions should be added to THIS Getaway Mavens Kennebunks post, as there is very good reason to visit them all. ... Read more.
Visit Southern Maine Coast: Kittery, York, Ogunquit
WHY GO: There is no disputing that the towns of the Southern Maine Coast – Kittery, York, and Ogunquit – are the most crowded. As you drive fr... Read more.
Greater Brattleboro VT: Beer and Strolling Cows
WHY GO: How can you resist a town that decided to counter Spain’s Running of the Bulls with its own chill, groovy, Vermont take: “Strolling of the Heifers?... Read more.
Four Columns Inn, Newfane VT
The Four Columns Inn, an iconic, whitewashed 15-room luxe “Country Inn,” a dozen miles from Brattleboro in the classic whitewashed New England town of Newfa... Read more.
Montpelier VT: America’s Tiniest State Capital
WHY GO: With a population of 7,500, Montpelier VT is the smallest State Capital in the United States, and, as a point of pride, the only one without a McDonalds... Read more.
Northeast Kingdom and St. Johnsbury VT
WHY GO: The oft-overlooked upper reaches of Vermont, affectionately known as the Northeast Kingdom, or NEK, has farmland, cheese, Bag Balm, and one of the best ... Read more.