We saw more puffins, razorbills, terns, and laughing gulls than we could count, and several rare grey seals, too. The lighthouse is beautiful; truly, a “little island out to sea.”

Calling all amateur and professional Downeast Maine mycologists! These little buggers have been variously spotted around the property, and we don’t know what they are.

Three minutes up the road from the Lincoln School Writers’ Retreat is an open, sunny cemetery housing the remains of some of Mariaville’s oldest families.

Everything you could need and some things you didn’t know you needed. Here are five must-do activities on your next visit.

Finally, some sun in the middle of the rainiest summer ever! We celebrated with a two-night stay in Freeport, Maine that included lots of sightseeing along the way.

Built in the 1970s, the hatchery is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and plays to this day an important role in boosting and maintaining Atlantic salmon populations around the region.

A ninety-minute drive east of Mariaville lies the U.S.-Canadian border. There, the town of Calais, Maine (pronounced callus; population ~3,000) is kept alive by regular border-crossing traffic and the occasional holiday-maker.