lol that's not Maine. That's out west.

that'd probably be a better slogan than the "open for business" one that was up for a few years.

Overlook Hotel is based on the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO. Definitely not Maine by a long shot.

Definitely not the view you’re gonna get!

The shining took place In Colorado. Lol.

The Way Life Should Be According To Stephen King, actually.

Wish we had those views here.

Sure... lobster and stephen king. That's all maine is.

Idk I got a giggle out of it, tough crowd

No, this is what Mainers see when they die and go to heaven.

My favorite part just after the Piscataqua Bridge

Ah yes the mountainous path through Kittery

Always been

A different state lol

Same lol

As someone who drives between Maine and NH regularly, I can second this.

And OP picks of the few books King wrote that isn't set anywhere near Maine.

I sometimes feel like Mainers are better at geography than the average American, and then I remember the people I went to high school with who thought Pennsylvania was a different country

It can be a rough pass to get through come winter, but sure is pretty. The Eliot exit was closed for so long because of all those avalanches.

But owned by Mainers. So that's something. The Stanley brothers were practically like wright brothers lite. Their museum in kingfield is pretty solid spot to spend 90 minutes.

I’m just glad the scary fog dissipated for a few months

I think the words are more the point than the actual scenery for this.

Heck, yuh gotta get up ta midcoast, still thick as pea soup theyuh.

Definitely not Maine!

We could put it on the sign after the bridge

Everyone saying "but the Shining took place in Colorado" is correct, but this opening shot was filmed in Glacier National Park, Montana. The Timberline Lodge in Oregon was used for exterior shots. The rest was filmed in England. I don't think any of the movie was filmed in Colorado.

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I can hear this picture

Been to NH and back for the last three weekends, can confirm.

Did they think the Amish were foreigners?

Kinda like how most films set in Maine aren’t actually filmed here

Just googled it and apparently some of it was filmed in an apartment complex in Colorado, but yeah, most of it was in London, an airport outside London, an American legion post in SoCal, and Glacier NP.

Your best chance of a mountainous entrance to Maine is actually in NH coming through Jefferson down Route 2. Alternately coming down from Canada through Coburn Gore on Route 201 has some nice sights as well.

Beans is right around that corner.

Don't forget the black flies, they won't forget you

True, but at the end of the book the mom, kid and chef are up at Rangely.